Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute today to the “We Love B.C. Chinese Community Forest Fire Relief Campaign”, which has raised $225,000 for North Thompson forest fire victims.
The campaign is co-ordinated by Johnny Fong and Ian Cheung, along with provincial MLAs Patrick Wong, Kevin Krueger and Richard Lee, and includes seven Chinese community groups.
Mr. Fong said it best when he said “We feel it's an obligation to help each other... The fact that we are Chinese Canadians makes no difference. We are all Canadians, and this is a tragedy for the whole province”.
I was privileged to join in a standing ovation when the campaign made its generous donation to the North Thompson fire relief fund in Barrière last Saturday.
I am sure all members of the House will join me in extending yet another ovation to this group of generous Canadians.