Kerry-Lynne Findlay wins BC Conservative leadership race
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Learn English with Carrie Lynn Finley, BC's next premier. In this emotional victory speech, Finley speaks about her family, her husband, her four children, and her husband's support of her campaign.
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My fellow conservatives, I have in my hand the winner of the race, and it doesn't get
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The individual in second place has 4,514 points, 49%.
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The individual in first place has 4,696.51, 51%.
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Ladies and gentlemen, your next leader and Premier of British Columbia, Carrie Lynn Finley.
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wow well thank you thank you wow what a night this has been and what a journey this has been
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um i first want to thank all the other candidates who love british columbia like i do i know that
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so i want to thank each and every one of them for putting their names forward and being part
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of the future of British Columbia. Thank you. Thank you to all of you.
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You know, my small team of determined warriors has been led by my campaign manager, Chris Dyson,
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And bolstered by so many MLAs who endorsed me and worked in their own communities.
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Give yourself a hand, you MLAs who endorsed and supported me.
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I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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you are too look so many people have helped in this and you're too numerous right around the
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province to name but you know who you are and i am forever grateful for your wisdom
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your advice and steadfast faith in our vision for a bc that will bring prosperity
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and opportunity to all who call it home that's us
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Next, I want to recognize my husband, Brent Chapman.
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But long before that and since, he has been a source of never-ending love and support to me.
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Thank you. Also here tonight representing us are two of my four children. There's Hannah
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and her sons, Aiden and Ronan and Donna and her baby Ruth.
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that isn't it isn't just a chocolate bar it's a real person baby Ruth and look family honoring
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them protecting them loving them and encouraging them is the biggest part of my life and I love you
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all. We are a strong, resilient clan, and I know their brother and sister are watching tonight
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along with their young children. They're too young to understand all of this, and really,
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I get that. But someday they will understand that their Gigi, which is what they call me,
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stood up for them and the children to follow, stood up to make our beautiful BC more affordable,
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more livable, more safe, and more prosperous. I want the generations now and to come
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to feel they can have a comfortable and happy life as British Columbians. Isn't that what we all want?
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So what am I fighting for? I'm fighting for nothing less than the future of
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British Columbia, our way of life. Mine is a grand vision of fundamental change.
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Our homes, our individual rights, our properties are at stake. We need hope and
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prosperity. As Minister of National Revenue I oversaw lower taxes, red tape
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cuts and a return to surplus from the worst recession since the 1930s. We can
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do this in British Columbia. Our province will become strong, good paying jobs,
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modern infrastructure, resource wealth, and opportunity that has been blocked by the NDP.
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We can be a powerhouse in our nation, a powerhouse no longer denied by eastern and global elites,
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predatory foreign nations, and our own constitution.
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NDP radical ideology has devastated property rights, backroom side agreements,
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A Finley government will negotiate in the open.
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because that is what unleashing our natural resources,
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keeping our professionals practicing without censorship
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and promoting freedom demands and will deliver.
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British Columbians deserve this, and we will no longer be seen as irrelevant in interprovincial
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and international trade and commerce. Make no mistake, I am fighting for our sovereignty,
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our home. I will unify and take the fight to grassroots British Columbians who've had
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enough of being pushed around. I am leading to take this province back, speaking up for
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all, finding solutions that last, where hard work is respected, less government, more freedom,
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powerful Western alliances, dealing effectively with the tough issues we face daily, violent
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crime, drugs, chaos, and disorder in our neighborhoods.
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Right down the street here when we came in tonight, it's all within our grasp.
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taxes safer streets and communities protecting our children and putting
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parents and families as a priority clear policy commitments discipline
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messaging public safety taken seriously again economic decisions that prioritize
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small business and when the time comes and I'm looking at all the MLA's now
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When the time comes, real campaign support for our excellent MLAs and candidates.
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The Conservative Party of BC will stand together because we know that we can make a difference.
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We can fight back and we can deliver real change.
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Tonight, in this amazing space, Rocky Mountaineer,
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I see people who are not prepared to give up on their communities.
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I see people who believe that BC can still be a beacon of opportunity,
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functional, safe, affordable and family-friendly. With your help we can
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turn that commitment into real change to bring common sense across British
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Columbia. In our national anthem we cry out to God to make our land glorious and
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and free free people making free choices and free speech in a free enterprise market economy
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where hard work is rewarded and we are not crushed by socialist overreach that wants to dictate
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literally what we think, what we believe, what we can say, and who we associate with.
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I'm asking you now to donate and volunteer, volunteer some time to our win.
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Faith, family, and freedom, that's what it's all about.
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God bless British Columbia, and God bless all of you.