WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:19.559 Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, 2 00:00:21.160 --> 00:01:03.359 the show about governor policy and human rights. All right, welcome back to 3 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:04.760 Policy and Rights. Here in Depictions of Media Radio, I'm your host, 4 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:19.879 Michael Cloggs. Let's see the Dutch government has a new coalition government and after 5 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:34.280 several months the far right PVV won the Dutch elections. The Netherlands finally has 6 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:41.400 a new government after months of political wrangling and agreement was reached for the new 7 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:51.359 Dutch government to be led by a surprise pick, Dick Scoof. And Dick 8 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:59.000 Scoof who is he? The former head of Dutch Intelligence service. He was 9 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:08.719 the fifth person approach to preside over the eclectic coalition government and among a few 10 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:20.599 palatable candidates for all four parties, he pushed back a plan retirement to take 11 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:31.199 over from Mark Rutt, the netherlands longest serving prime minister. What else should 12 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:39.639 we know about this new government is the coalition mister Schoof will government includes mister 13 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:50.639 Wilders of the p VV, the largest party. Other members of the coalition 14 00:02:50.879 --> 00:03:04.080 will be Conservative Liberal VVD, the Farmer Citizens Movement and the New took Governments 15 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:16.639 Central Centrist, New Social contract, which promised to restore public trust in politics. 16 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:22.039 It's something that we probably all need around the world, is more public 17 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:28.280 trust in the politicians. Maybe we need more politicians to are actually trustworthy. 18 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:45.719 Okay, mister Biden is defending his performance in against mister Trump in the debates. 19 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:54.080 President Joe Biden was blamed for extensive international travel for his poor performance in 20 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:03.439 the first election debate last week against Republican rival Donald Trump. I didn't listen 21 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:09.639 to my staff, and then I nearly fell apart on stage, he said. 22 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:18.920 His remarks at a private fundraiser on Tuesday evening came after a congressman from 23 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:30.040 Texas became the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call for him to step aside following 24 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:34.480 the debate. So far, most has asked about mister Biden's place in the 25 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:44.519 race has said it was his decision whether or whether to run or pull out. 26 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:50.480 I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw. 27 00:04:51.439 --> 00:05:04.079 That was from Representative Lloyd Duggett. The big question is is, of 28 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:14.800 course, if mister Biden does not run, who is left to run? 29 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:23.639 Replacements could include s Uh of course, Kamalo Harris and there's some several other 30 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:30.759 UH governors. If we you can go and look look for this information about 31 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:41.759 who the governors are. Robert F. Kennedy, junior UH independent US presidential 32 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:48.720 candidate, has responded to allegations of sexual assault and to a recent Vanity Fair 33 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:58.120 article saying I'm not a church boy. Believe it or not. In many 34 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:03.680 circles, UH, Robert F. Kennedy is a hopeful in in the campaign. 35 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:15.279 Even though he is independent. There could be some importance to to his 36 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:23.519 upcoming popularity that could actually tip the election one direction or the other if he 37 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:33.759 takes enough votes away from the other two party candidates. So all right, 38 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:43.959 and in of course the UK, it looks like they are up for an 39 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:50.399 election themselves, okay, So I would mean that that the UK is bracing 40 00:06:50.560 --> 00:07:00.560 for uh some some sort of change. The Conservative Prime Minister Rishi's Uh Sonech 41 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:12.199 said he was campaigning very hard for every vote and he his main challenger is 42 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:24.079 Sir cair Starmer said the Conservative claims his Labor party was on a course for 43 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:36.600 a huge victory amounted to voter suppression. So there are many many other questions 44 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:46.000 behind that U. Sir Starmer and his Labor team have been quietly preparing for 45 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:57.959 government while racked with a paranoid about complacency. Nothing the Prime Minister has attempted, 46 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:11.759 both during his conventional time in office and during his campaign. There are 47 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:20.560 some effects that could happen here. For all the noise and hullablo in the 48 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:26.759 past month and a half, the colossal gap in opinion polls between the Labor 49 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:39.120 Party and Conservatives have been wildly barely budged, and the Conservatives from the top 50 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:48.559 down are braced for defeat. So there could be a change from the Conservative 51 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:58.679 Party in the UK to the Labor Party. So okay, So moving forward, 52 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:09.519 as we get at from the CNN, Hurricane Burrow is chumming for towards 53 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:18.159 Jamaica, a dangerous Category five storm, after leaving at least one person dead, 54 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:26.320 inflicting ruin across the Caribbean islands on Monday. The storm has already ripped 55 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:39.039 through homes in Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where many still without 56 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:46.000 power and water. Burrell comes smashing, comes to smash records as it kicks 57 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:58.279 off exceptionally early hurricane season. We did hear mister Biden yesterday talking about that 58 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:03.200 they that his administration. We're blaming this, of course on climate change and 59 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:11.320 saying that it could be the first Category five hurricane to actually make landfall on 60 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:20.720 the United States. And of course we're still talking about the immunity and the 61 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:31.559 effects that it could have on the United States. Mister Trump did say at 62 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:37.200 one point that the president should not be handcuffed by laws, and then we 63 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:46.039 heard in another statement from mister Biden is saying that it is important that the 64 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:54.759 president follow the rules, said that there is a balance of power between the 65 00:10:54.799 --> 00:11:03.720 president and he is truly representing the people or on the Supreme Court. The 66 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:11.039 Supreme Court or Monday, declined to settle major questions raised in a blockbuster dispute 67 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:22.600 over laws intended to protect conservative viewpoints on social media. The decision dellays final 68 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:30.919 ruling whether the unconstitutional for states to pass laws preventing online platforms to moderate their 69 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:37.679 own websites. Republican governors in Texas and Florida previously argued that the laws are 70 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:45.799 needed to keep such sites such as Facebook and Instagram from discriminating against conservatives. 71 00:11:46.240 --> 00:12:00.000 The the justices decision means laws will remain blocked for now while lower courts continue 72 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:07.200 you to sort out the constitutional involvement. Hell, there there is a point 73 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:16.639 to this with social media that some let these conservative people say what they want, 74 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:26.120 but we have the ability, we always have the ability to turn off 75 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:35.720 what people are saying. At the same time that if a group is spreading 76 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:41.639 hatred and the attempt an attempt to harm others, they should be turned off 77 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:50.200 because that sort of we shouldn't be allowed to do harm to others. And 78 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.399 we hope that the Supreme Court will make all and all the courts will make 79 00:12:54.440 --> 00:13:03.080 a ruling that will protect others from harm while allowing free speech to continue. 80 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:09.320 With that being said, we should actually, you know, place ourselves and 81 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:16.320 make sure that we aren't causing harm to others. Okay, So with that, 82 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:26.200 we're going to move forward, and we're going to hear from the Canada's 83 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:39.759 Minister of Energy and he is going to be talking in Alberta about production of 84 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:48.360 hydrogen fuel and they're going to be putting about eleven million dollars towards the development 85 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:54.639 of that. Personal my personal feelings feelings are they more should be putty, 86 00:13:54.759 --> 00:14:01.720 be putting into it and they should be looking further into trying to develop the 87 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:13.000 hydrogen fuel in a real hydrogen fuel program for transportation as opposed to what the 88 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:24.039 limitations are of electric transportation. That it may be more sensible to go the 89 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:33.159 way of hydrogen fuel because it may be less impactful on the environment to begin 90 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:43.240 with, and it also protects our freedoms and our rights to travel where electric 91 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:50.320 cars may have a limitation. We're also going to hear more about what's happening 92 00:14:50.320 --> 00:15:01.720 in Palestine, as numbers of refugees and popular and the populations that are being 93 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:09.879 harmed by the fighting that is happening. There is also a mention about phosphorus 94 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:18.879 weapons being used, and there is no real confirmation of that. It is 95 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:28.360 rumored and it is very possible. These are extremely mean and nasty weapons, 96 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:33.440 white phosphorus as it here's your skin, It just keeps burning through you. 97 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:45.000 Just mean and nasty weapons. And we need to find a way to end 98 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:50.639 the fighting there and find a peaceful, peaceful resolution that just brings the fighting 99 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:58.679 to an end and returns hostages back to their homes. So why don't we 100 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:04.440 push Beforeard, We're going to listen to the Minister of Energy of Canada as 101 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:22.279 he talks about Alberta's program for hydrogen fuel Hi guys, Thank you Stewart, 102 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:26.399 good morning and a well a warm welcome to everyone joining us today for this 103 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:30.759 important announcement. I'm Tanya Carrera from Natural Resources Canada and I'll be here MC 104 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:37.720 for this event. I'm joined by the Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy 105 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.919 and Natural Resources, as well as Louie Genewick, the CTO and global strategy 106 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:48.799 lead from New Wave Hydrogen. So to started like to acknowledge that we're meeting 107 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:52.679 on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty seven region in southern Alberta 108 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:56.799 and home to the Meetsi Nation of Alberta Districts five and six. We honor, 109 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.480 recognize and respect this in these indigenous people as the traditional stewards of the 110 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:04.920 lands which we share today, I think we can all agree that climate change 111 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.119 is a major threat to every community on this planet, as the folks in 112 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:12.200 this region know all too well, Canada and the world need to drastically speed 113 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:17.400 up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It's as simple as that. To 114 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:19.480 do so, we need to use every tool at our disposal, and one 115 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:25.359 of the best tools in our arsenal is clean energy To reach Canada's ambitious climate 116 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:29.720 targets and leave a healthy natural heritage for future generations. We need the ideas, 117 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:33.319 knowledge and involvement of everyone, and the announcement for which we are gathered 118 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:38.519 here today demonstrates this. So without further ado, let's get to the matter 119 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:42.400 at hand. Please join me in welcoming the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, 120 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:57.240 Jonathan Wilkinson to the Mikey. Thanks very much, welcome here for this 121 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:00.759 announcement. I also would like to be and by acknowledging that this event is 122 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:04.400 taking place on the traditional territories of the Peoples of twenty seven, which include 123 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:11.000 the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksica, the Bikani, the Kaine, the 124 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:15.960 Tutsina, and the Stony Nakota. City of Calgary is also situated on the 125 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:19.559 whole land of the Meti. And thank you, Thank you to New Event, 126 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:26.119 to Gawlings for hosting us here today for this announcement. We talk a 127 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:32.400 lot about climate change these days for obvious reasons. Climate change is altering our 128 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:38.319 world's natural environment in a myriad of harmful ways. Last year's wildfire season was 129 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:42.240 instructed in this regard, as it showed us what the future will look like 130 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:47.839 if we fail to tackle climate change, the future we must evidently work very 131 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:52.839 hard to avoid. At the same time, climate change is also rapidly transforming 132 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:57.240 the global economy and global finance in ways that are creating enormous economic opportunity for 133 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:03.039 those who approach the transition to a low carbon future in a thoughtful, a 134 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:07.240 determined, and a focused manner. The global energy transformation is both an environmental 135 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.960 imperative to protect our planet, yes, but it is also an economic opportunity 136 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:18.759 on a scale similar to the Industrial Revolution. For Canada to seize the extraordinary 137 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:22.759 opportunities being created by the transition to a net zero economy, we must first 138 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:27.559 accept the scientific reality of climate change and then ensure that this informs and shapes 139 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:36.880 Canada's economic strategy. Le gouvernment dumont antier saints des preuxeentpur numburure de mesu. 140 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:41.000 Our American friends, as folks will know, are making massive investments at a 141 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:44.960 scale never seen before in growing a clean economy through the Inflation Production Act. 142 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:49.559 So are the rest of Europe, Japan and South Korea, and beyond our 143 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:56.160 democratic friends, competitors such as China are also moving aggressively and highly strategically to 144 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:02.079 seize the major economic opportunities offered through the air energy transition. China is now 145 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:07.119 the world's largest producer and the world's largest deployer of reneable energy technologies. It 146 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:11.920 is one of the largest manufacturer of electric vehicles and the largest deployer of those 147 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.920 technologies. It controls critical minerals value chains very much, including processing. Around 148 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:21.599 the world, China has made a very strategic bet on the energy transition and 149 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:26.400 has been working on that for years. Here in Canada, we have developed 150 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:30.759 an energy and resource based strategy and partnership with industry, labor, and indigenous 151 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:37.079 peoples to create economic prosperity for the future. It includes seizing those key economic 152 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:41.799 opportunities in new and accelerating sectors such as critical minerals and critical minerals, processing, 153 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:48.279 battery and eed manufacturing, biofuels, nuclear technology, carbon capture and negative 154 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:53.240 emissions technologies, and of course, hydrogen production, utilization and export. It 155 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:57.680 secondly includes having a thoughtful approach to ensuring the competitiveness of Canada's oil and gas 156 00:20:57.720 --> 00:21:03.279 sector in what will eventually be a declining global market. Such an approach requires 157 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:07.319 aggressive action to reduce emissions from the sector to ensure Canada will remain competitive in 158 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:12.480 a world that will value the lowest carbon products. It also means enhancing the 159 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:18.200 focus on non combustions of applications for oil and in the case of natural gas, 160 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:23.960 focusing on ultra low carbon hydrogen il Sagi de travallier A, Lamison, 161 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:32.319 Place de Rijo, Electric continueron A Contrere Canada and Alvartiges Concre and cell and 162 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:37.440 Portan. It involves regulatory and permitting reform that will enable good projects to be 163 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:41.240 built quickly in this country. Just recently, Minister O Reagan and I launched 164 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:47.200 a new regulatory and permitting action plan that aims to do just that. And 165 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:52.839 finally, it very much includes furthering economic participation and economic reconciliation with indigenous peoples 166 00:21:55.119 --> 00:22:03.519 anacasitrarais allancou don toutelepe ec on Alberta an opportunity the leadership a kayable and while 167 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:06.839 this work is underway right across the country, here in Alberta, the opportunity 168 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:11.160 for leadership is incredible. We have already seen significant investments in Alberta in the 169 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:17.359 emerging low carbon economy. This includes the recent twelve billion dollar doll investment in 170 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:22.839 the world's first net zero petrochemical facility in Fort Saskatchewan. Today I want to 171 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:26.920 talk specifically about hydrogen. It is something on which the federal government as well 172 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:32.720 as several provinces very much including Alberta, are focused. It is an area 173 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:34.920 of significant personal interest to me, having been the CEO of a company in 174 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:40.599 the hydrogen space for many years. In December twenty twenty, the federal government 175 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:45.240 released the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada and since then we have seen significant progress. 176 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:49.319 Numerous projects have been announced and are rapidly advancing, including the Air Product's Facility 177 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:53.240 in Ebonton which is nearing completion, which is a one point six billion dollar 178 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:59.599 clean hydrogen facility. O k beec Tes Canada, Constri and POGE did Regen 179 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:06.039 the Catmiliar de do Lar and in Atlantic Canada, companies including Everwind and World 180 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:11.839 Energy Hydrogen are making significant progress towards production facilities that will enable export of hydrogen 181 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:15.680 to Germany and to other European markets. Today, I am pleased to announce 182 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:21.920 investment of eleven point eight million dollars for eight hydrogen projects in Alberta and two 183 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:29.720 small modular reactor projects se proge sint le refre de Trevai Entracassan innovult Realize non 184 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:37.279 Supei or non Surma developed new technology may oc le metre alech e les des 185 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:44.519 ploer commercial Mont. Examples of projects receiving funding today include innovative fuel systems dual 186 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:48.599 fuel technology that will allow for heavy duty trucks to displace diesel fuel with hydrogen. 187 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:53.319 This dual fuel technology will reduce diesel consumption by up to forty five percent 188 00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:59.519 on average and can be used in existing engines. ATC aims to develop the 189 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:03.640 first commercial fully hydrogen heated building in Canada. It will serve as a demonstration 190 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:10.039 site for technologies that utilize pure and blended hydrogen and trade operators in the installation, 191 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:14.680 commissioning, use and maintenance of those technologies. And new way hydrogen, 192 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:19.000 which is using pressure and pipelines to heat gases to temperature is sufficient to it 193 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:23.519 says here thermally decomposed. But apparently that's not correct. It is to crack 194 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:33.039 hydrocarbons. The innovation. The innovation uses no water, generates no direct carbon, 195 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:37.759 is low cost, uses existing infrastructure, and can move to market quickly. 196 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.200 As I said, earlier. Having a comprehensive plan to address climate change 197 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:47.160 and sees the economic opportunities that will be enabled through the transition to a low 198 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:51.960 carbon future is important environmentally, yes, but it is also critically important economically. 199 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:56.759 I would say, with some concern and somebody who entered politics to address 200 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.200 the climate corgnesses, I would say that the importance of having such a plan 201 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.920 is not necessarily shared by all political leaders at the federal level in this country. 202 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.599 And I would just simply reiterate that to have a relevant plan, relevant 203 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:14.119 economic plan for the future, we must acknowledge the reality, the scientific reality 204 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:17.759 of climate change and focus on those opportunities that will come through this transition. 205 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:21.880 I would also caution folks to be careful about relying on folks who tell you 206 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:26.640 that we can simply rely on technology. As a former clean Tech CEO, 207 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.759 I can say pretty confidently that while technology is clearly very important, technology on 208 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:34.799 its own will not drive billions of dollars in new investments and bring new opportunities 209 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:40.359 to countless communities. Technology on its own will not allow us to successfully address 210 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:44.000 the challenge of climate change. To do this, we have to put in 211 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:48.799 place the conditions that will enable technology development, that will enable demonstrations of technology, 212 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:56.759 and ultimately that will enable commercial deployment to close. Hydrogen presents a massive 213 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:02.079 opportunity, a clean energy source that can build on existing strengths and simultaneously support 214 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:07.559 energy security and climate objectives. I see enormous potential for Canada through ongoing innovation 215 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:11.720 an act of collaboration. I am confident that as leaders, we can and 216 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:17.440 we will ensure that the Canadian hydrogen will decarbonize industry, It will strengthen economies, 217 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.599 it will enhance and energy security, not just in Canada, but for 218 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:23.759 our friends in Japan, South Korea and Europe. And it will create good 219 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:30.559 jobs and economic opportunity as we transition to a sustainable and prosperous low carbon future. 220 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:40.079 So messit tulemon that thank you for joining us today. Thank you, 221 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:45.640 mister Wilkinson, and now I'll turn the mic over to Lowie Gunawick from New 222 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:55.279 Wave Hydrogen. All right, thank you very much. It's a pleasure to 223 00:26:55.359 --> 00:27:00.240 be here today, and I would just like to reemphasize as the importance of 224 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:07.359 funding programs like the one that is being announced today. These types of programs 225 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:12.759 are absolutely critical to the companies that are working in the clean tech ecosystem in 226 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:19.880 Canada and beyond, and they provide support and vision for where we need to 227 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:29.680 go as we work hard to decarbonize are hard to decarbonize industries and systems in 228 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:34.119 Canada and beyond. I believe that new wave hydrogen is a great example of 229 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:41.680 the kind of technology that we're trying to build and develop and implement. As 230 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:47.680 was mentioned earlier, it produces no CO two, it uses no water, 231 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:55.480 and doesn't require any new infrastructure. By capturing that pressure energy that already exists 232 00:27:55.519 --> 00:28:00.960 in natural gas pipelines, we can separate the carbon and the hydrogen into two 233 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:06.000 very valuable products. The hydrogen, of course, can be used to clean 234 00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:15.519 up existing processes, for example fertilizer production or greening up the refining of petroleum 235 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:22.599 products by replacing steam methane reforming for example. It can also be used as 236 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:27.960 a blended fuel where we put hydrogen into natural gas and generate power with a 237 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:33.440 much lower carbon footprint. And so this is a great transition forward for us 238 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:37.839 to be able to do this, and again we couldn't do it without the 239 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:44.640 funding that's being made available from our governments here in Canada. It's absolutely critical 240 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:51.160 to us, and so I really appreciate the opportunity to be here today for 241 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:56.799 today's announcement to hear the continued investment in what we're doing to build out our 242 00:28:56.960 --> 00:29:07.480 clean tech economy here in Canada. Thank you, thank you Lowie, and 243 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:12.799 thanks again for coming today. And we'll now turn to the media Q and 244 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:23.920 a please welcome Caroline Smunkan from Minister Wilkinson's office. Hello, good morning everybody. 245 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.599 As Tanya said, we will now move to the media Q and a 246 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.359 portion of the event, I will walk around and pass the mic. So 247 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.480 if you have a question, if you could just raise your hand and then 248 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:37.759 I can move move through the audience as well. We will have time for 249 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:42.759 one question, okay, I mean there is not very big, so it's 250 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:48.279 okay. We'll have time for one question and one follow up per reporter, 251 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.799 and if you could please you state your name and your outlet before you ask 252 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:56.319 your question. Some polls are Western standard. I'm just wondering if you had 253 00:29:56.319 --> 00:30:03.799 any comments on the decision from North Bolt. Apparently they're scaling back and there's 254 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:08.240 some question over what the future viability of the Quebec plant is going to be 255 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:15.759 and also the efficacy of subsidizing these supply chains without any kind of certainty of 256 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:22.240 whether or not they're actually going to work. So I guess maybe let me 257 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:27.599 start with the second one. The world is transforming in terms of transportation. 258 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:32.599 As you will know very well, transportation is one of the largest single sources 259 00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:36.640 of emissions in Canada, but also in other countries around the world, and 260 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:42.720 the move towards electrification is rapid in many parts of the world. You see 261 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:47.640 it actually in advance of Canada. Certainly in China you see enormous deployment of 262 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.640 electric vehicles, but the same thing is true in Europe and here in Canada. 263 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:53.200 Well, it's not true in every province and territory provinces that actually have 264 00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:56.839 partnered with the federal government to work on this, including provinces like British Columbia, 265 00:30:56.839 --> 00:31:00.200 you see very very high adoption of electric vehicles. So there will be 266 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:03.839 a market. Canada needs to ensure that we are a participant, that our 267 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:08.440 auto supply chain that employs hundreds of thousands of people in this country actually continues 268 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:12.000 and we actually augment that grow it in terms of the number of people that 269 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:15.880 are working on it, and we use that all the way up the value 270 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.519 chain in terms of critical generals minds, critical minerals processing. So I am 271 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:22.519 very very positive in terms of the work that's been done to secure the mandates 272 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:27.160 to do on the earlier stages of it, which is opening new minds and 273 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:32.640 actually getting the processing facilities in Canada. In terms of Northfold, I'm not 274 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.880 sure exactly what you're referring to, but certainly there have been some challenges in 275 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:40.720 Quebec with respect to the environmental permit that exists for Northfold, and that is 276 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:42.480 an issue that they have been working through with the Government of Quebec, which 277 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:47.799 is the relevant government in terms of jurisdiction, and I expect to see that 278 00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:51.680 project movement. I have basis luch to believe that it's not. Apparently the 279 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:56.480 CEO gave an interview to Swedish media that they're doing a strategic review and they're 280 00:31:56.519 --> 00:32:01.960 refocusing. They're also building a big plant, a giga plant in Germany, 281 00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:07.720 and apparently the Quebec plant is part of that review. But that's just companies 282 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:10.799 go and do strategic reviews all of the time, and I would just suggest 283 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:15.000 that a company like Northwold is going to need somewhere to actually produce these kinds 284 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:19.279 of things in North America. One of the reasons why Norfold and Volkswagen and 285 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:22.000 others have actually located facilities have chosen to do so in Canada is actually because 286 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:25.920 Canada has a relatively clean electricity grid, which the Americans do not. It's 287 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:29.400 a competitive advantage for Canada and that's one of the reasons why we need to 288 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:31.400 move forward with things like the clean Electricity regulation. Okay, and then as 289 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:36.119 a follow up, you were talking about technology not being a silver bullet for 290 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.799 reducing emissions. Just wondering if you had any comment on the Shell announcement on 291 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:46.519 the Carbon capture quest program. Seems to be that we're talking multi billion dollar 292 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:52.079 investments in this technology. Dude, think that there's that this particular technology will 293 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:58.000 be able to contribute to Canada's missions reduction goals. Yeah, I mean, 294 00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:00.119 I certainly welcome the Shell announcement. I think it was a big step forward, 295 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:04.799 and I think that what shall would tell you is the catalyst for that 296 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:07.839 was the finalization of the investment tax credit federally, which actually pays a significant 297 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:13.519 portion of the upfront capital costs. That is an important first step. We 298 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:16.880 see a significant opportunity to reduce emissions in the oil and gas sector and in 299 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:22.559 other heavy industries through the use of carbon capture, utilization and storage. And 300 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:24.599 I expect that you are going to see some other announcements in the relatively near 301 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:30.079 term. Let's move forward to the United Nations, and we're going to hear 302 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:37.240 more about what is happening in Palestine and about the number of civilians that are 303 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:52.799 really being affected because of the prolonged fighting. Andrea, can you hear us 304 00:33:54.599 --> 00:34:00.200 louding here? Excellent, good morning, You've got We've got some people here, 305 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:06.279 We've got some people who will be joining online very shortly, but I 306 00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:08.880 think in the interest of time, i'd like you to go go ahead. 307 00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:14.800 We're obviously delighted to welcome our friend and colleague Andrette do Domenico, who is 308 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.679 the head of OCHA for the occupied pasty in territory, who is briefing us 309 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:22.760 from Jerusalem, if I'm not mistaken, to give us an update on the 310 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:29.960 situation there and also on some new population estimates that will come out today. 311 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:34.719 So Andrea, please go ahead, Thank you, thank you very much, 312 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:39.880 the fun and good morning everybody. I will start saying that you know, 313 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:47.800 here we are again at the crossroad where the Johanna United Nations and his partner 314 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:54.239 has to reset the operations. You might have seen that the latest information from 315 00:34:54.599 --> 00:35:01.920 Gaza, with an evacuation order that has impacted a third of the strip one 316 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:07.760 hundred and seventeen square kilometers, much less impactful in terms of the people because, 317 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:15.440 of course, unfortunately, people are already concentrated in other areas and some 318 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:22.480 of the areas covered by the evacuation orders are indeed have been already either subject 319 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:29.000 to previous evacuation order or fighting that has happened in the previous months, so 320 00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:32.840 the population has already left. But what we saw the last two days, 321 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:39.800 since Monday afternoon when the evacuation or the war was issued, we had seen 322 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:45.639 a constant flow of people moving out. Were estimated up to two hundred and 323 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:52.679 fifty thousand people could be affected by this evacuation order. But we are trying 324 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:58.199 to monitor and it's very difficult for us to be on the ground in all 325 00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:02.559 places trying to monitor the different patterns and be more precise in terms of the 326 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:07.159 number of people that currently are moving. And that leads me to the point 327 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:15.400 on the over situation and the numbers around populations that we wanted to brief you 328 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:21.639 about today. At the moment, we estimated that nine of every ten people 329 00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:28.320 in Gaza Strip have been internally displaced at least once, if not up to 330 00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:36.760 ten times unfortunately since October. And you know, I was speaking with colleagues 331 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:42.280 that we have recently recruited to scale up our operations, and they were telling 332 00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:46.000 me themselves that they've been with their family moving nine ten times, you know, 333 00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:50.039 a few times in then all, a few times in Communis, then 334 00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:53.559 go back to Rapha now up again to hand units in their Bala, so 335 00:36:53.719 --> 00:37:02.239 it's a constant movement. We were looking at the injections of the overall population 336 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:09.920 data that the Palestinian Center of Statistics Bureau of Statistics is publishing based on the 337 00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:15.320 natural growth of the population in Gaza, and that was situating the overall population 338 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:20.719 in Gaza at two point three million people roughly it's a bit less than two 339 00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:29.199 point three in reality. Then we thought that now nine months in this crisis, 340 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:34.000 we had to look into some numbers that are the only safe numbers and 341 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:39.280 known numbers that we have. That includes the one hundred and ten thousand people 342 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:45.079 that have been able to exit Gaza according to the border Authority and the recordings 343 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:55.639 of those movements since October. We also have to take into account the thirty 344 00:37:55.800 --> 00:38:01.280 seven thousand people that have been killed more than thirty seven thousand people that have 345 00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:07.880 been killed according to the Ministry of Health. And so based on these two 346 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:14.840 fundamental data in consultation with the partners in Gaza and for the sole purpose of 347 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:22.079 humanitarian programming, so it doesn't procrude the ability and the possibility in the day 348 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:29.000 in which those who have left Gaza will possibly come back into Gaza, but 349 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:37.480 just for our programming purposes as humanitaring community, we estimate that the population present 350 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:45.679 in Gaza comprises about two point one million people, and we have said since 351 00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:52.719 the beginning of the war that basically all of them, unfortunately, are in 352 00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:59.239 need of assistance. Out of the current Gaza population, we also estimate that 353 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:05.800 one point nine million are internally displaced multiple times. So for example, the 354 00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:08.599 patterns of movement that we have registered in the last two days, they are 355 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:14.920 not necessarily adding to this number because some of those or many of those were 356 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:21.599 already displaced and then they moved in different areas, and now they're moving again 357 00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:28.440 trying to find a safe space if there is any or such. Before we 358 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:34.960 were estimating one point seven. But remember since that number we had the operation 359 00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:39.000 in Rafa, so we had additional displacement from Rafa, and Rafa was not 360 00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:45.800 one of the areas that regionally was displaced, so the residents of Rafa. 361 00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:55.239 And then we had also operations in the north that has also moved people, 362 00:39:55.960 --> 00:40:02.000 particularly the Javalier area and then in recent days also the Susjahia where we had 363 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:08.679 new displacement. But again those were people that were already displaced in the past 364 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:15.760 and they have been moving back and forth into the areas. And just to 365 00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:17.840 be very clear, this is not the result of a census or or a 366 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:25.280 survey. This just represented the sort of a dynamic as that we produce based 367 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:32.519 on several sources including you know, interant usage, mobile phone usage, UH 368 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:37.039 and try and also to cross check with with colleagues on the ground when this 369 00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:43.679 is possible. But beyond the numbers, there are people of course, men, 370 00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:49.559 women, boys and girls, doctor students, cooks, artists, journalist, 371 00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:58.000 teachers, mom's dads and people that have fears and grievances and they had 372 00:40:58.360 --> 00:41:01.360 probably dreams and hopes. The less and less I hear today. Unfortunately, 373 00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:09.159 people who in the last nine months have been moved around like homes in a 374 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:14.679 board game, forced from from one location to the next location, to the 375 00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:21.280 next location to the next location, irrespective of our ability of support them and 376 00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:29.159 irrespectively of the availability of services wherever they lent they have to. They've been 377 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:35.679 forced to move because of the patterns of the world heavy fighting that has of 378 00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:43.679 course impacted them whenever they took the risk to stay where the houses were or 379 00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:53.239 there where their tents and huts and makeshift shelter was built up, and they 380 00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:59.920 moved in an overcrowded area. What we're seeing, unfortunately, is a patterns 381 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:06.599 that more and more resemble and go back to the originally identified area where the 382 00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:10.239 government of Israel and the Idea told us that they want to concentrate all the 383 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:15.519 people, and that's what the patterns that we consistently see unfolding in front of 384 00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:22.800 our eyes. With some people remaining in the north. Out of these two 385 00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:27.880 point one million people, we estimated three hundred, three hundred and fifty thousand 386 00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:32.760 are in the north and those cannot come to the south. The strip is 387 00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:39.679 completely broken into as of today, and there are military presence that is blocking 388 00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:49.039 movements and impeding movements for the civilians and frequently unfortunately also obstructing our ability to 389 00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:55.519 move. These people have been forced to completely reset their lives over and over 390 00:42:55.599 --> 00:43:01.599 again. I was talking with some people that moved again after the rough operation 391 00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:07.599 and we're telling me, you know, it's very difficult for us to you 392 00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:13.760 know, over and over again restarted the learning of where we are and how 393 00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:19.000 we can access basic services. You know, after a while in this makeshift 394 00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:23.159 shelter or tents that they had, that they figure out where the food could 395 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:27.920 be found, where the water could be found, where the portable water could 396 00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:31.360 be found, where the medical point was, and they start getting acquainted with 397 00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:37.000 their neighbors if they don't have the family with them, and that is you 398 00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:40.639 know, stripped apart again and again and again, and people have to reinvent 399 00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:50.519 and the ability to cope with conditional lives that are beyond imaginable. In the 400 00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:55.320 recent days, we've seen these placed people moving once again from place like Sudrahia 401 00:43:55.440 --> 00:44:04.559 for example, and even the the so called or the unilaterally declared zone has 402 00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:12.199 been targeted by by military operations and forcing people again to leave the areas. 403 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:19.400 Many U N offices and and n G offices were along the Mawassi are in 404 00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:24.119 Rafa, so in the south in front of the sea. And and people 405 00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:28.719 look at us as a parameter or a barometer of the situations, and if 406 00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:34.320 they see that we move out from those areas, they fear that something is 407 00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:40.760 happening. What we've seen is the RAF operation progressively moved toward the sea and 408 00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:49.639 progressively approach the safe zone again through the unilaterally declared serve zone, and fighting 409 00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:53.360 has been happening there. Uh. And of course this is carrying people out 410 00:44:54.400 --> 00:45:00.599 and and many have past the little the level belongings that they had to move. 411 00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:05.360 Others look at us and see if we're still there, means that they 412 00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:10.400 maybe are safe staying there. We calculate that around where there were probably eighty 413 00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:15.400 thousand people, and we colleagues were telling me that they were estimating the twenty 414 00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:22.159 five percent of the people around our offices have been moving while others are still 415 00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:25.800 hanging in there because they know that there is not much space to move to. 416 00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:34.079 These words has also been and continues to be characterized by several obstructions. 417 00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:40.920 Of course, it continued generating more pain and suffering and more monetary needs. 418 00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:47.599 You know, people need water, food, shelter, healthcare, edging protection 419 00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:54.519 and we struggle to deliver this. We you know, there has been in 420 00:45:54.880 --> 00:46:02.199 the recent days our USGS, as mister Griffiths has repeated again, we are 421 00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:07.960 there to to stay and deliver and to help people. But delivering for us 422 00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:13.360 is a daily struggle. Literally, we have to you know, make gigantic 423 00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:19.159 efforts to to sustain some lifelining of our services. You know, the delivery 424 00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:23.039 of fuel. One thing fuel is why would that be so important? But 425 00:46:23.239 --> 00:46:31.360 fuel allows hospitals to to continue providing services, life saving, life sustaining services 426 00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:37.760 in hospitals. Fuel allows water to be you know, de salinized and and 427 00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:45.199 and and provide basically drinking water to people. Fuel allows us to move food 428 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:51.400 around uh and and bring to the multiple number of NGOs that are you know, 429 00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:58.119 cooking in tekias and offering food and meals to to to people that is 430 00:46:58.239 --> 00:47:07.480 desperate in need. Just like the displaced people. Our monetary operational subject to 431 00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:12.360 continuously reset. You know, before the war, our humanitarian app was in 432 00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:16.719 Gaza City in the north. Then you might remember the night between the eleven 433 00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:21.360 and twelfth of October in the middle of the nineties, where authority order us 434 00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:27.760 to abandon those facilities and move south. We had to comply to protect the 435 00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:32.960 lines of our staff, leaving behind warehouse supplies, vehicles, equipment, and 436 00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:37.239 bring with us whatever we could, you know, rubbing those things, you 437 00:47:37.320 --> 00:47:44.800 know, in between bombardment that was unfolding all around. We left with the 438 00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:51.320 feeling of guilt because we knew that we were leaving behind civilians. And since 439 00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:59.840 then we have been quite determined too, you know, not being pushed every 440 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:07.559 fine by the conditions to to move unless really the safety becomes into it comes 441 00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:09.320 into line, and in that case, of course, we have to to 442 00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:15.079 make sure that our colleagues stay safe. But we really need to draw a 443 00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:21.719 line of you know, enough for for for the people, enough for this 444 00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:27.039 war that ships on tearing apart of the life of people. We were forced 445 00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:31.320 to re establish our entire monetary mechanism from scratch in the South, identifying new 446 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:37.480 facilities, funding new staff, or or helping our colleagues to come back to 447 00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:43.079 work because they were all traumatized, all and lost, you know that the 448 00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:49.079 homes that many have lost their family members, and it was a difficult journey 449 00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:54.599 and we did it, but then again was the you know, part of 450 00:48:54.679 --> 00:48:59.679 the operation at some point were based on fig units and then Raugha and then 451 00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:04.519 miss operation came in, and again we had to reinvent our footprint and our 452 00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:10.440 operations. And today our hub was in Brapha again is gone UH and and 453 00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:15.239 there you know, the military operation or pushing again and flipping against complit of 454 00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:20.239 the table. In the last weeks we have been discussing a lot with the 455 00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:27.920 with with with Israeli and the Hunanitarian community how to resume our ability to to 456 00:49:28.119 --> 00:49:34.719 bring assistance in from Karamabusalem so inside Gaza and distribute throughout the strict and we 457 00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:39.079 have been engineering a lot of solutions and trying and testing and improving and failing 458 00:49:39.599 --> 00:49:45.119 at times. And and now with this evacuation order, all this has been 459 00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:52.800 again wiped out by the way as of yesterday with with the Monday evacuation order 460 00:49:52.440 --> 00:49:59.440 UH, the Gaza European Hospital has been impacted. Yesterday we were busy in 461 00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:04.519 ev creating the patients remaining in the Gaza hospitals, but in the meantime many 462 00:50:04.719 --> 00:50:09.559 including patients, doctors, nurses, staff have left already on Monday, and 463 00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:14.119 then late in the evening he is already said that we did not intend to 464 00:50:14.320 --> 00:50:19.400 evacuate the hospital or ask the evacuation of the hospitals. But first of all, 465 00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:22.559 they didn't tell us, they didn't communicate these to people. But then 466 00:50:23.039 --> 00:50:27.840 when they told us, people have the memories of what has happened in ship 467 00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:31.639 Bay, in Naser and other hospitals where you know, doctors and patients and 468 00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:37.800 nurses were you know, once the hospital was invaded by the the IDEF, 469 00:50:37.960 --> 00:50:45.079 they were arrested, interrogated, some of them them were found days after into 470 00:50:45.280 --> 00:50:52.159 mass graves. So people is fear, the fear is dominant, and so 471 00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:58.800 people have left. And with the loss of the European Gas Hospital, we 472 00:50:58.880 --> 00:51:04.960 lost one of the last hospitals that has some fundamental services. It had the 473 00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:09.840 last cities scan available, fully functioning was in in that hospital. This is 474 00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:16.480 gone. We will be able to re establish somewhere some something similar, I 475 00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:21.559 hope so, but again to restart and we have to, you know, 476 00:51:21.719 --> 00:51:29.679 in a very challenging environment. Some of the concrete adult structures that we I 477 00:51:29.800 --> 00:51:37.119 think is important to mention electricity and fuel Israeli authority. If you remember they 478 00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:40.639 had of electricity in October and since then, of course, there has not 479 00:51:40.760 --> 00:51:46.599 been electricity. So electricity is fundamentally provided and solidly provided by adosoil planets, 480 00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:52.800 but that were soly during the day because there are not many batteries left or 481 00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:59.559 feel through generators. But fuel import, as you remember, also has been 482 00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:05.360 initially panned and now heavily controlled. But even to import that we need a 483 00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:09.519 functioning caruns along carimebustyle and an ability to bring them the fuel where it is 484 00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:14.719 needed. It's just not to let him in. It's also how this fuel 485 00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:21.199 could be distributed where it is it is needed. Without power, water become 486 00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:25.639 scarce, bakeries cannot operate by being creator are turned off in hospitals, and 487 00:52:25.800 --> 00:52:31.199 ambulances remain grounded. Not mentioned the fairy. Many ambulances, unfortunately, have 488 00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:39.639 been been hit during this nine months of war. Safety and access has been 489 00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:45.440 always a concern for us, for our staff, for our personnel uh and 490 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:52.840 and and for the civilians that are caught in the fighting nowhere and no one 491 00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:55.239 is saving us. We keep on saying this. We have seen over and 492 00:52:55.400 --> 00:53:01.800 over, you know, military operation in Bombard and happening also in the heart 493 00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:08.320 of the humanitarian safe zone in El actually declared by Israel two hundred and seventy 494 00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:14.760 four workers and volunteers. Our colleagues, my colleagues have been killed so far, 495 00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:21.519 you know, and many of them were killed on duty. Others were 496 00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:27.320 killed at home with their families, when their family members there is their life 497 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:34.679 every day, and there is no humanitarian installation that has been all very rare 498 00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:42.280 manitary installations that have been spared when the front line moves. So despite our 499 00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:45.679 effort of you know, notifying those locations, the reality on the battle on 500 00:53:45.760 --> 00:53:51.199 the ground that it is frequently those those places are hit. You've seen the 501 00:53:51.280 --> 00:53:59.679 incidents affecting you know, WFP Ungrad many many times and other ANGEO colleagues and 502 00:54:00.360 --> 00:54:08.639 other GEO entity. The security of humanitary worker is closelyli reated to and unfortunately 503 00:54:08.760 --> 00:54:19.400 accompanied by those campaigns that call aid organization to pastimes for inability to deliver. 504 00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:25.480 We have a dialogue with Israeli daily literally multiple times of it actually, and 505 00:54:25.639 --> 00:54:30.960 we explain our challenges, we try to find solutions, We work out understanding 506 00:54:30.079 --> 00:54:34.639 that of course, you know, war is war, and it might have 507 00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:40.800 is logic and is objectives, but you know, humanitarian assistance is an obligation 508 00:54:40.920 --> 00:54:45.239 that all the parties have to respect Israeli and other our groups, and we 509 00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:51.119 keep on calling them all to help us to deliver the assistance that is so 510 00:54:51.800 --> 00:55:00.679 dearly needed, to desperately needed to Palestinians. Humanitary locations and movement are are 511 00:55:00.679 --> 00:55:05.639 of course an effort. We do a lot of effort to notify to the 512 00:55:05.760 --> 00:55:14.960 fighting parties in order to protect them but also protect our colleagues, I mean, 513 00:55:15.320 --> 00:55:20.639 but also because it's a way for the parties to fulfill their obligations. 514 00:55:21.360 --> 00:55:25.760 Our role is helping the parties to fulfill their obligations. And so I really 515 00:55:25.840 --> 00:55:30.280 hope that we can you know, continue this dial or building more trust among 516 00:55:32.039 --> 00:55:37.239 the parties in order to be able to serve people because the conditional people are 517 00:55:37.440 --> 00:55:49.199 degrading day by day. You have seen the the recent integrated Phase classification that 518 00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:53.000 is, you know, fundamentally it telling us that ninety six percent of the 519 00:55:53.079 --> 00:56:02.840 population in Gaza, ninety six percent is from emergency food, insecurity or catastrophic 520 00:56:04.079 --> 00:56:09.440 for insecurity status. This is simply unacceptable. We need to move the dial 521 00:56:09.519 --> 00:56:14.480 on this. And this is not only about bringing food. It is about 522 00:56:14.760 --> 00:56:20.559 health, it is about water, it is about sanitation. We have a 523 00:56:20.760 --> 00:56:27.440 growing problem of sanitation. We cannot pick up garbage and bring it to the 524 00:56:27.559 --> 00:56:34.159 landfill because the landfill are not accessible, and we keep on insisting, day 525 00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:43.039 in day out. Finally, the last point and I wrap up. We 526 00:56:43.280 --> 00:56:47.920 have made an appeal for three point four billion for the response in Gaza. 527 00:56:49.960 --> 00:56:53.880 As of now we have only thirty five percent covert And you might tell me, 528 00:56:54.000 --> 00:56:59.960 but you're describing so many challenges to deliver, so why would you appeal 529 00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:07.320 for more money. The reality is that if we will be able to reach 530 00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:12.079 the situation where our set by will be pulled or even opposed, we will 531 00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:17.440 not be able to scale up our operation to the level necessary unless those resources 532 00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:23.519 are mobilized. So it is absolutely important to invest and mobilize those resources now 533 00:57:24.079 --> 00:57:28.559 to make sure that when this will happen, we'll be able to scale up. 534 00:57:28.639 --> 00:57:31.519 And in the meantime we'll spare no apple, day in day out to 535 00:57:31.960 --> 00:57:37.000 increase our ability to believer, stay and remain and protect the civilians. Final 536 00:57:37.079 --> 00:57:42.920 thoughts, and I do want to thank you for listening to us today here 537 00:57:43.119 --> 00:57:54.199 on depictions, vidia radio and policy and rights. We as the human race, 538 00:57:54.320 --> 00:58:05.039 is concerned with all the fighting and the misconduct of our politicians. It's 539 00:58:05.119 --> 00:58:07.639 no wonder that some countries are saying, well, how well, how in 540 00:58:07.719 --> 00:58:09.280 the world do we trust a politician? To begin with, how do we 541 00:58:09.400 --> 00:58:16.239 trust the political system? How do we trust that a political resolution is going 542 00:58:16.320 --> 00:58:22.679 to come about, is going to stop the fighting that is happening in Palestine 543 00:58:23.079 --> 00:58:29.320 and the the fighting that's happening between Russia and Ukraine. How do we f 544 00:58:29.880 --> 00:58:34.960 know that our politicians are truly working towards those goals? How do we trust 545 00:58:35.039 --> 00:58:43.199 that? It still comes down to because we do We do live in most 546 00:58:43.239 --> 00:58:49.239 of us live in a democratic republic, which means that we do have the 547 00:58:49.360 --> 00:58:57.760 right to talk these things over with the representatives that we voted into place. 548 00:59:00.800 --> 00:59:06.280 But the big question is once we have these people voted into place, once 549 00:59:06.360 --> 00:59:09.360 we have said, hey, we want to give you the job, are 550 00:59:09.440 --> 00:59:16.559 they listening to us now or are they listening to a higher corporate power that 551 00:59:16.920 --> 00:59:22.400 may have a different agenda all around. To begin with, I want to 552 00:59:22.480 --> 00:59:25.440 thank you again for listening to policy and rights here and depictions of media Radio. 553 00:59:28.119 --> 00:59:31.039 Click on a subscribe button wherever you may find it. 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