 First of all I'd like to welcome the Prime Minister's commitment that he announced today to building a world-leading spill safety regime for British Columbia and you know that's something that we have been fighting for in our province since we set out the five conditions way back in the summer of 2012 and the offer that he's made today to British Columbia the commitment that he's made to our province is long overdue and it's something that we have needed in our province for a long time we have been cheated by the federal government for decades when it comes to adequate spill response we've seen over probably the last 40 years the bulk of resources for the Coast Guard go to the East Coast rather than the West Coast while the economy and the shipping here grows and not so much on the other coast so first of all to the Prime Minister thank you the announcement that you've made today will certainly help us meet the needs that we have on our coast today when we think about what happened in Bella Bella when we think about the incident with the semi-sure from Russia that landed off the off the coast of Haida Gwai we need this support in our province the ocean is a lifeline for so many jobs and so many families so many communities and the ocean is also the basis of all life on earth our ecology depends on a healthy ocean so that's why we've worked so hard in our province to define what world leading looks like we've identified the gaps we've had intensive discussions over the years with this government and the government previous to make sure that they understand what it is that we think we need in this province and I'm really gratified to say that the federal response that we saw today addresses the gaps that we've identified I look forward to finalizing the details as this government works with the federal government to make sure that we implement the plans that they've set out we need to make sure that our coast is protected any spill in British Columbia of any significant size could affect us for over a century everyone who lives here knows that my grandfather was born in 1899 just on the beach in Tofino I am a child of this coast I love this coast just as every British Columbian does and we want to know that we are protected