Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands for keeping it real with respect to the impacts people are feeling right now.
A friend on Facebook who I went to high school with said, “My house is flooded, but I can't leave my dogs.” For many people, and those of us who door-knock, basically one in three Canadians has a pet that is considered a part of the family. Those are very traumatic experiences. That is why in my speech I raised the issue of mental health, which was not really addressed tonight. There are a lot of people suffering severe anxiety and depression because of the losses we have seen throughout British Columbia. It is incumbent upon all of us to honour the people of British Columbia and those in other parts of Canada who are impacted by similar devastation to support them in the work we do here today and get them the supports they need.