Good morning everyone. It's my pleasure as the Dean of the Shulik School of Law to be able to welcome everyone here My name is Camille Cameron and it's a real pleasure to see everyone here for this special event I will begin by thanking elder-in-residence Debbie Eisen for the blessing and Eastern Eagle for performance of the honor song. Thank you very much The event we're having here today is the first honorary degree ceremony during our bicentennial Celebrations, it is wonderful to be having it in the community and to be sharing it with community members I'm now going to call on the provost and vice president academic of Dalhousie University Dr. Carolyn waters to give opening remarks Thank You Dean Cameron. I hope I can speak loudly enough for those at the back Good morning to begin with let me introduce the platform party I'd ask people to stand when your name is called and remain standing until everyone is introduced First A. Ann McClellan Chancellor of Dalhousie University Dr. Kale Dale Keith Interim President and Vice Chancellor of Cape Bretton University to my young Unamaki College Cape Bretton University The Honorable Michael McDonald Chief Justice of Nova Scotia Dr. Kevin Hewitt chair of Dalhousie Senate Camille Cameron deal Dean Schulich law school of law Jennifer Lou Allen Professor Schulich School of Law Naomi metallic Professor Schulich School of Law and Dr. Michael de Gagné President of Nipissing University and today's honorary degree recipient your platform party So just a little note here. I bring greetings from President Richard Florezone Who unfortunately is not well today, so I'm here in his stead Luckily, I have some notes from him, which I will cheerfully add ad lib to So it is really an honor to be here today to recognize Dr. de Gagné as our first Special honorary doctorate that we are awarding as part of our bicentennial celebrations Each one of these will be done in a special way at a special Convocation such as the one today and what a pleasure to start here in the native Friendship Center Dalhousie is proud to be one of Canada's first universities to celebrate as 200 Years as a university Milestone of course gives us an opportunity to reflect on the first 200 years But also to really start to dream and think about what our world could look like in the next hundred years one of our guiding principles as we plan for the last two years about how to celebrate this 200th anniversary Was how to use the occasion to foster better Integration with our community not just with our research But by having events where we actually are in the community and the community realizes how welcome they are on our campus And so what a perfect example so everyone Should be Keeping tuned with a very busy schedule for the 200th anniversary. We've had a poem Written by George Elliott Clark 35 pages, so I won't be reading it, but he will be in the our launch is tomorrow February 6 was the actual date of the declaration By Lord Dalhousie of the starting of Dalhousie University There will be their new music has been made. We're commissioning a new Ceremonial object which will better reflect The communities that are part of Nova Scotia and part of Dalhousie So there will be kitchen parties and there will be speakers and there will be many many events Over the the 12 months of this year, so we welcome you all and hope that you can really join us each one of our special honorary doctorates will be unique and as I said before Connected with the community that we're celebrating for that event So well illo for having us here today But we are very proud to recognize dr. Deguegne for the impact He has had an advancing reconciliation between the indigenous and non indigenous peoples of our land as a founding executive director of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation as an academic Whose expertise and research interests include Aboriginal post-secondary success and as a teacher Including years at our very own shulik school of law Dr. Deguegne has been dedicated to education and leadership that we need to truly have reconciliation So one of the special features of this honorary Doctorate event is that we have also not only lunch, but an afternoon panel Committed to discussing how we might achieve an advanced reconciliation in education and Their expertise includes people who are experts in anthropology as well as law political science Psychology and nursing So in this panel, we hope that everyone will Contribute and we will actually begin to see an action some of the principles that dr. Deguegne has dedicated his life to Dalhousie is particularly honored To doctor to award this degree this afternoon given our institutional commitment and one of our Strategic priorities to address truth and reconciliation Commissions calls to action and I'm proud to say that our law faculty has really been a leader in this area at Dalhousie So I'll just mention three First the establishment Many years ago. I might check with the dean here 28 1989 so you can do the math long-standing indigenous black and magma initiative to increase the number of Students from those two communities who who are admitted to law and are successful in the law program And I know we have some graduates here today Secondly The establishment of an ad hoc committee within the faculty to respond to the TRC Reports Recommendations and they have committed to a new resources to build a collection of material That all instructors can use to integrate indigenous and aboriginal subject matter In their teaching across the campus. So finally I like to give them credit They've introduced a new first-year course this year called aboriginal and indigenous law in context Where all students are introduced to magma people and magma culture in their first semester The second semester explores then how law applies to and is applied by indigenous people so we will surely hear more about this as As these programs are unfolding But doctor finally dr. Degagne. Thank you for your contributions to reconciliation and to education And thank you for being here today with us today as we acknowledge our 200th anniversary the work we've done and the work we still need to do Thank you all for coming Thank you very much dr. Waters Dr. Waters has indicated to you the things that make this a particularly particular honorary degree ceremony a little bit for a whole lot special They are all special and this one is special because of course we've chosen to have it here in this location It's also special because as dr. Waters indicated we are this afternoon Hosting a reconciliation in education symposium. We chose that particular topic reconciliation in education because it fits so well with dr. Degagne's own commitments and contributions which have been explained by dr. Waters And of course for the same reason it makes such good sense that we're hosting that symposium here in this place What better place to choose in the community to honor? Our honorary degree recipient and to host the reconciliation in education event I'm very pleased that we'll be hosting the afternoon event in collaboration with Cape Bretton University And I want at this point to thank professor to me young and his colleagues at Cape Bretton University for being such fine Collaborating partners in this event. Thank you Conferring an honorary doctoral degree is the highest honor a university can bestow I now call upon dr. Kevin Hewitt Senate to present the candidate for the degree dr. Vlaas honoris causa Good afternoon. Good morning Gives me great pleasure to describe some of the outstanding accomplishments Of our honorary degree recipient today dr. Michael Degagne Dr. Michael Degagne has spent his entire career helping people and working to establish a vision and the conditions for reconciliation between indigenous and non indigenous peoples in Canada Starting with his work with provincial and federal agencies and governments including Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Health Canada and Continuing as the founding executive director of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation His leadership has inspired hope and action for healing and reconciliation Serving as president and vice-chancellor of Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario since 2013 and by the way the first he's the first indigenous president of a Canadian chartered University Dr. Degagne imparts his belief that education is the key to a better world and An investment in one's personal future Education he is that he insists has the power to transform individuals and communities To illustrate the power that education has had on his own life Dr. Degagne likes to share the story of his father who started out as a farmer and became an educator Pursuing his degree one course at a time in a church basement in Fort Francis, Ontario Today each of dr. Degagne's siblings has a degree as do all of their children In addition to a bachelor of science in biology degree from the University of Toronto He holds a master's degree in administration from Central Michigan University a PhD in educational administration from Michigan State University and a master of Laws degree from York University's Osgoode Hall Dr. Degagne started his relationship with Dalhousie's Schulich School of Law in 2001 when he came to give an annual lecture to second-year constitutional law students on the significance of residential schools and the relationship of law and reconciliation He has returned each year since and in 2009 along with Schulich School of Law professor Jennifer Llewellyn He developed a short intensive course on the Indian residential schools settlements The first course of its kind in a Canadian law school to take up questions of law truth and reconciliation During his visits to Dalhousie Dr. Degagne has given several public lectures to both students and the wider community He recently agreed to serve on Dalhousie's indigenous advisory council and His long-standing relationship with the law school has provided significant inspiration and support for students staff and faculty members alike One of his nominators Schulich School of Law professor and Chancellor's chair in Aboriginal law and policy Naomi metallic writes Quote being the first indigenous president of a Canadian University is no small feat and Dr. Degagne is a trailblazer for those of us fellow indigenous academics He is bringing his knowledge on healing and Reconciliation to bear on the running of nipissing University and the institution and its students are benefiting from this on quote in 2010 dr. Degagne was awarded the order of Ontario for his dedication to improving the health wellness education and governance of Aboriginal peoples Two years later he received the Queens Diamond Jubilee medal which honors significant achievement and contributions by Canadians and in 2015. He was invested into the order of Canada Recognize for his support of residential school survivors and First Nations communities notably as the head of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in In her letter of nomination professor Llewellyn writes quote Dr. Degagne has taken seriously the importance and power of education and knowledge as a means of Empowering and enabling others to succeed in efforts towards justice and reconciliation his commitment to education reflects his Conviction that learning and understanding are foundational to the work of transformation and renewed relationships for reconciliation In his various professional roles over the past 30 years He has advanced knowledge and understanding by supporting significant research projects and educational enterprises on quote so in Recognition of his inspirational leadership in working to establish a vision and the conditions for reconciliation between Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in Canada. I Asked you madam Chancellor in the name of the Senate to bestow upon dr. Michael Degagne the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa Thank you very much. I see you Biola I Could hardly wait to get to the podium to to acknowledge so many friends and and familiar faces here and Thank you very much for coming I first want to make the acknowledgement of the traditional people upon whose lands we are meeting today Thank you to the elder from Batchewana and thank you to the drum and And and thanks to all of you for coming Congratulations to Dalhousie 200th anniversary. This is a very significant time for for you and so I thank all of you for for For putting on this very special event to kick off to kick off the festivities When my son was playing lacrosse and Had a great pleasure to do this today in front of my mother Laura long-time career nurse in Northern Ontario my wife Tammy and my son Alex, so it's nice to have them here But when he was playing lacrosse as a as a youngster We always tried to tell the boys that it was as important to do it make an assist as it was a goal All right, and so the phrase we used to say was When you drink the water always thank the person who dug the well so I want to make sure that I I thank my good friend my colleague Jennifer Llewellyn Working together now for 15 years and thanks very much for that for the for nominating me but to to working together I think to Establish a real bedrock for reconciliation in the in at the school of law and and further to Dalhousie Thank you to Naomi Naomi metallic also for for the nomination much appreciated and of course Dean Cameron for for all the support and encouragement that I've received from the faculty of law over the years And in the great tradition of post-secondary education in the in the Atlantic, you know There's so many great schools and so it's nice to see the group here with from Cape Bretton University And my colleague and Barbara at the back from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design So welcome welcome to all of you. Thank you. I wanted to I Get it. I get my chance now to say a few words about reconciliation and And and where we might go so I'll start out with something that's hard to hear and Would have been in the early 1990s when there was a meeting called in In Ottawa to plan Canada 125 so 25 years ago. We just passed Canada 150 and Some of you have had the good fortune to hear this speech, but I just wanted to flag it for you because it's an interesting listen of great many Aboriginal leaders and and Canadian leaders were brought together to talk about Canada 125 and in the planning and One of those leaders was a person that Viola and I had the good pleasure work with for many years George Erasmus and George as a former national chief and a chair of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation Was asked the question and I think it I think he caught it a little bit wrong. You know, he was asked the question George While we're here at this meeting for Canada 125 What do you have to celebrate? What do you have to celebrate and in a In a speech I think that that I've asked him years later if it was written down He said no, it just came from the top of my head. It's and it's out there on the internet. He said, you know What am I going to celebrate? He said, you know, maybe I should celebrate that it took until 1959 in this country for Aboriginal people to vote Maybe that's what I have to celebrate or or maybe that I Should celebrate that Aboriginal languages in this country have no legal standing Maybe that's something that we should we should celebrate think about He said, you know when a Million people in Canada are unemployed and the unemployment rate starts to get, you know, so above five six percent We get very very concerned, but he says What do you do when 90% of your people are unemployed? Maybe that's what I have to celebrate He says why can't Aboriginal people in this country as we celebrate Canada 125 have enough land and Enough control over their lives to afford dignity He said I don't like what's happening in this country. He said but What will it look like in 10 years What will it look like in 50 years How he said when we get to the year 2000 will things be different? They can't be different unless we do things differently unless we take a new approach So he says what can we celebrate? He said well, I would like to be able to celebrate Canada's leadership for the world in healing and Reconciliation and and a new relationship with indigenous people But he said it will have to be different and we are sick and tired of being your conscience those were hard words from George and he I Think for us We have to ask ourselves as you listen to that tonight, maybe on the internet it was captured in his voice Or if you reflect on those words We have we have to ask ourselves If we if he gave that speech today Would it still hold true? so 25 30 years later would it still have meaning would those metrics still be the same what are the conditions of indigenous lives Still be the same and the answer is that although we are trying as best we can the government of Canada finds that in the last 30 years and this is in a report I read some months ago that in In trying its best in the last 30 years with the investment of billions of dollars and and a lot of attention paid to programming that the conditions of Aboriginal life are not dramatically different We still talk about clean water We still talk about enough land. We still talk about child welfare where in most provinces less than 10% of the children are Aboriginal But over 60% are in the child welfare make up the child welfare system What's happening when more children today are in care of the child welfare system in Canada Aboriginal children Then ever went to residential school What have we learned by looking in the rearview mirror the past the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls us To challenge us to look at our systems look at the things look at the systemic ways in which Aboriginal people relate to the rest of Canada and Some work has been done and we have been called to act in education and post-secondary education and health in the criminal justice system but We have a lot left to do and we have Now a real challenge So where does the light come from? Where do we where do we see? Potential where do where will we be better? When we replayed George's speech at Canada 175 we hope that it's dramatically different How will we be better? So this is the discussion that we're going to have this afternoon about education because I believe it's at the very core of Our of our capacities to do better three quick points about education I Challenge us I think to do better earlier We have a story that we tell indigenous students. We said you can be anything. You can you want to be anything But in Northern Ontario where I'm from it is rare in small communities with large groups of indigenous students in high school It is rare that we even offer to them Courses that allow them to transition to university They can't get there from where they are and so we ask why don't you want to go to university? I'd love to but in my high school. They don't offer the courses that allow me to and So we're always playing catch-up and I think as a society. We have to take a look at What we're promising indigenous students what we're promising indigenous young people and then offer them very clear transition to a to something better Providing them access to university In the citation we talked about my father the the who came from a farm in Northwestern, Ontario and I was lucky to have two parents who were who had university education and How he worked in a parts department at his family store and then decided he was going to do University education in that first course he talked about in the church basement of the church in Fort Francis Allowing him access to a world that he didn't think he would ever have in remote Northwestern, Ontario Same thing years later when he went into a master's program at Central Michigan University And the reason that he had access to that program was because they came to Sudbury where we were living at the time And they opened up a little campus at the community college and said we're gonna offer master's degrees And he signed up and then he later came to me and said you got to take this program. It's fantastic It's it's it's great. And I that's when I signed up and that's when my graduate experience started So never underestimate that access point the idea that We need to start to bring education to students and not and spend less time having them come to us. I Think we need to have greater efforts on support. We do very well Promising students opportunities in the universities we can get them in the front door But we have to take a look at how they're great. We're graduating them. Are they graduating do they have the support once they're inside our institutions? I Think the other thing we have to look at is the danger that every indigenous student. We see needs remediation that every one of them needs help and Ignoring the ones that are excellent and are already performing at a very high standard. So we need to be both offering help and Supporting and rewarding excellence This is important and it's important to do and it's very difficult to do because you have to do it one-on-one I and you have to go to those promising indigenous students and say We want you to come to Dalhousie University and we're gonna help you get there when I first started in the the federal government I worked in a in a in a cubicle like everybody else does and Next to the window though. There was there was you could that sort of conveys to many of you my status at the time so I Thought that somebody was going to just discover how brilliant I was and how hard a worker I was and was going to come down from the heavens and and And recognize my work and help me get get a leg up and climb the public sector ladder It didn't happen for many years oddly enough. I had to do it myself But one of the one of the real turning points for me was And this was unbelievable at the time For anybody who of you have worked in government the Deputy Minister of the Department of Indian Affairs came down from upstairs and Came looking for me and he said we're starting a new program for First Nations executive leaders and We'd had me ten people and we'd like you to be one of them He asked me I enrolled in that program It changed everything about my life and my work trajectory and all it took was someone who I respected Then someone in authority to say You're the one you can do it and we need you to we want you to enlist so it Absolutely life-changing And I think the last thing I'll say about education is and reconciliation is is that indigenous people have a role to play here, too I get concerned when I see the truth and reconciliation Maybe 90 of the 94 calls to action start with we call upon the government, too We have waited too long for the government to change our lives and it's now time for us to take a look at enlisting the support and encouragement of Non-Aboriginal people of the rest of Canada Canadian society in helping us achieve reconciliation I'll tell you a little story When I was in university, I worked part-time in the summers at Via Rail Canada And so I was an operator on the phone line when you called in to make a train reservation anywhere in Canada and Something I highly recommend one summer I spent on the night shift midnight to eight and It's a different world. It's a different world In many ways those overnight operators kind of opera we all kind of operated a lonely hearts club People who just needed someone to talk to across Canada people who were lonely People who never got out They said well, who can I call and they would call us by name because there was only five of us in all of Canada And they would call us by name and so I'd like to talk to Joe was he around yes And I'd say Joe Betty's on the line and that's that's how we did it. That's how we did it and we would get the same calls from the same people and people were very very invested in the train and We would get calls that say oh, it's John calling It's eight minutes late out of Salmon Arm, and so you'd write that down now remember this was 1982 For those of you who are not born then there was no capacity For people to Google when the train was coming Okay, there was no capacity and really most of the stations were unmanned so we didn't in Toronto We didn't even know when the train if the train was late We'd get and so we relied on this little informal network of people who had really no responsibility to do this But did it anyway, and I remember getting a call the I frequently received it from a guy in northern Ontario And he lived not too far from an unmanned station So there's no phone in there. There's no operator There's no way to sit to let you know When the train is coming and he would call and he'd say how's the train coming Mike, and I'd say well It's not good. It's it's an hour and a half late out of out of you know, horn pain And he'd say okay. Well, that's not good. There's there's six or seven people down there at the station I'll get my wife up will make sandwiches and coffee and we'll go down there And we'll tell them it's going to be late and maybe give them a little bit to eat because this was the middle of the night and They're waiting and they have no idea when it's coming and I thought to myself How impressive that was for me for a couple of reasons first of all that's a very generous thing to do And it's a very kind thing to do But it suggests something different it suggests something Higher than that which is responsibility It suggests that we are responsible To each other as a community That we have to care for each other and that there is I believe a Tremendous wellspring of this kind of care and responsibility That is waiting for the indigenous community in Canada There are people who want to help who want to reach out and feel it's their role and responsibility to do so So I think the third point I make today is is to make sure that indigenous people Look for the ways in which Canadian society not institutions, but individuals Really wish to help and I have to say that my my time spent with the shulik school of law has been Profound. I really do feel that you are here to help here to reach out and for those students here who are considering a Career and law look no further than this institution. We need you we want you to come and We want you to make a difference in the in the lives of our communities So thank you very much for this high honor. It's you you have no idea what it means to me. So thank you very much Thank you very much Mike if I may use your first name for those inspiring words I did not ask him to put in that plug for the law school, but now that he's done it I will only repeat it and encourage Encourage all of you in the same way he did That concludes our ceremony for today, but before we finish and Go to lunch. I just have a few thank you's I want to make at this point First of all, of course, I want to extend a very warm Thank you to the Mi'kmaq native friendship center when we approach them with the idea that we might have this event here We got nothing but support and encouragement and a really warm reception And I hope as they said in that movie the name of which escapes me now This is the beginning of a wonderful relationship. We might be able to Replicate it with other events. So thank you very much to the Mi'kmaq native friendship center Again, I'll repeat my thanks to elder Debbie Eisen for the smudging and the blessing and of course to Eastern Eagles for Performing the drumming and the honor song. I Want to also again thank Cape Breton University for being our collaborators In this event and especially with regard to the collaboration For this afternoon's symposium reconciliation in education I will say a particular. Thank you to Elizabeth Sanford and Christina Coakley anytime an event like this happens You know, there are always some people there who do a lot of hard work and without it The event would not have happened. So I want to mention them in particular And finally to everyone here to the platform party and to each one of you for joining this event and for being a part of it We really do appreciate you being here We look forward to as many of you as possible participating in the afternoon symposium that concludes the ceremony you're now invited to join us for lunch and We look forward to having a chance to chat with as many of you as possible. Thank you very much


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The next item of business is a statement by Roseanna Cunningham on Scotland's contribution to international action on climate change and the Paris agreement. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end of her statement and there should be no interventions or interruptions. I call on Roseanna Cunningham, around 10 minutes please cabinet secretary. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I'll begin with a short formal statement on our annual progress, as required by the Climate Change Act. On 31 October, I laid before this Parliament a statutory report on the status of the latest annual target under the 2009 act. The report shows the annual target and domestic effort target for 2014 were both met. The report reflects emissions statistics published in June, showing progress so strong that Scotland exceeded the level of its world-leading 2020 target of a 42 per cent cut six years early. Scotland's emissions in 2014 were 45.8 per cent lower than in 1990. By any standards, that is an excellent performance. On a comparable basis, Scotland is among the top performers in the EU-15 countries, second only to Sweden since 1990. While visiting Scotland in March, Christiana Figueres, the outgoing head of the UNFCCC, called Scotland's Actions Exemplary, Lord Debbon, chair of the Committee on Climate Change, has said that the Scottish Government's policies and programmes have made a significant difference.  Building on Scotland's outstanding progress and recognising that the Paris agreement to which I'll return in a moment represents a call to action for all countries, we have committed to outlining proposals for a new climate change bill, including a new and more testing emissions reduction target for 2020. Our approach to setting the levels of future statutory targets will continue to be based on best evidence, including the independent expert advice of the Committee on Climate Change on the implications of the Paris agreement for Scotland. We will be consulting on the bill based on the Committee's advice early next year. While we now anticipate new legislation, the Scottish Government remains committed to discharging the requirements of the 2009 act in a manner that is both evidence-based and high in ambition. In particular, my ministerial colleagues and I are working together in the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Climate Change to agree the package of policies and proposals for our climate change plan. The plan will set out policies and proposals to deliver Scotland's statutory emission reduction targets out to 2032 under the 2009 act. As requested by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, we will bring a draft of the plan for parliamentary scrutiny in January. That is the initial formal statement that I am required to make to Parliament, but I now want to follow that formal statement to talk a little more about the new international context that is represented by the historic Paris agreement. The Paris agreement is the first truly global action plan to tackle climate change. The 196 countries of the UN climate convention have agreed that, in the words of the treaty, climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and requires the widest possible co-operation by all countries. The agreed international aim is to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 °C, with rapid reductions in emissions to net zero in the second half of this century. The Paris agreement was the first big challenge for the UN sustainable development framework, the international set of goals to fight poverty and transform the world economy. In July 2015, the First Minister announced that the Scottish Government would adopt the sustainable development framework, making Scotland one of the first nations to commit to the goals. The Paris agreement followed calls from the G7 leaders of industrialised countries for urgent and concrete action, deep cuts in emissions and decarbonisation of the global economy this century. There have, of course, also been strong calls for action from world faith leaders. Indeed, I would like to draw members' attention to the global interfaith message issued today to the UN climate conference in Marrakesh, which has been signed by Scottish faith leaders. Tackling major global issues such as climate change usually requires leadership from the USA. EU climate diplomacy kept the UNFCCC process moving forward during the years following the Copenhagen summit, but it was the partnership between the USA and China in 2014, which finally enabled a level of ambition at Paris that was at the very top end of expectations. The US presidential election this week undoubtedly means a tougher job for progressive US states, so it makes it all the more important to promote very strongly the economic case for action on climate change, the massive investment in future jobs that will flow from the low-carbon transition. So how is Scotland contributing to the international agenda? We have significantly scaled up renewable electricity capacity, and in 2015 it accounted for 56.7 per cent of Scotland's gross electricity consumption. Scaling up existing technologies is very important in the international context. Delivering a 45.8 per cent cut in emissions and exceeding our 2020 target level six years early shows other countries that deep emissions cuts are possible. We also delivered our 2020 target of 500 megawatts of community and locally-owned renewables five years ahead of schedule. Incidentally, we have set new and more testing targets of 1 gigawatt by 2020 and 2 gigawatt by 2030. We have also achieved a 15.2 per cent cut in total energy consumption, passing our 2020 target of 12 per cent six years early. We have contributed to achievements at the European level, where the EU is currently ahead of schedule with a 24 per cent cut in emissions against the 20 per cent target for 2020. Based on Scottish and EU experience, progress will likely be faster than we expect. This is important because the existing pledges under the Paris agreement are only enough to limit global temperature rise to perhaps around three degrees. It is clear that more will need to be done. Scotland and the EU have also both been cutting emissions while growing the economy. That is, as I said, a very important international message now. Low-carbon and renewable energy employ over 21,000 people in Scotland. Laurent Fabius, the French minister who presided over the success at Paris, spoke at Edinburgh Castle in September. He emphasised the huge support from devolved region and state Governments, local government, cities, businesses, NGOs, faith groups, trade unions and civic society that helped to make the Paris agreement. That echoes the Scottish experience of strong cross-party and cross-society support for climate action. We believe that non-state actors will help to drive a strongly progressive agenda faster than expected. The climate group brings together Governments and businesses on the international stage to promote high ambition. Scotland has been a very active member of the climate group states and regions alliance for over a decade. It has provided an excellent platform for Scottish ministers to get our important messages across. We have also signed the Under 2 MOU, a huge coalition setting targets for 2050 and now representing over 800 million people. Importantly, we also now report annually on our progress directly to the international community under the compact of states and regions.  Following this Parliament's debate on climate justice in 2012 and Scotland's international climate justice conference in October 2013, the Scottish national action plan on human rights commits us to continue to champion climate justice. Scotland's innovative climate justice fund, initially supported by £6 million from our hydranation programme, has supported 11 projects in Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and Rwanda by Scottish Catholic international aid fund, voluntary service overseas, tier fund, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University, Oxfam Scotland, Christian Age Scotland and Water Witness International. The First Minister announced that £3 million annually will now be invested by Scotland and that will be over the next five years. We have already announced in March £2 million from hydranation to help to improve more lives in Malawi through the University of Strathclyde's Water Futures programme. The fund has provided additional support to the humanitarian crisis in Malawi, with £240,000 last month on a match funding basis to Oxfam, Christian Age, Sceaf and Ems international, doubling the Scottish Government contribution, which is helping to supply at least 35,000 people with basic food supplies over the coming months. In a further diversification of the fund's activities, the First Minister announced a £1 million contribution to the capacity building initiative for transparency and important foundation for the success of the Paris agreement, supporting developing countries engagement with the treaty. Although the worst impacts of climate change will fall on developing countries and areas like the Arctic, we did not assume that Scotland will be immune. An independent assessment of Scotland's adaptation programme in 2016 highlighted the good start that we have made on our adaptation programme, but cautioned on the challenges ahead. Peatland restoration is a valuable investment in climate adaptation, reducing emissions from degraded areas and creating carbon sequestration opportunities. It provides significant co-benefits such as biodiversity water quality and natural flood management, and I expect those to be recognised in the forthcoming climate change plan. I can confirm today that we have made available £400,000 to SNH to bring forward further action this coming financial year. To return to the Paris agreement, I attended the extraordinary environment council in Brussels on 30 September to lend Scotland's very strong support for early ratification by the EU. We were delighted last week to welcome the coming into force of the agreement four years early on 4 November. The EU, which pledges at least 40 per cent emissions cuts by 2030, is working to deliver that pledge. The EU has committed to play a full part in the mechanisms under the Paris agreement designed to raise global ambition over time. In conclusion, we have cut our emissions by 45.8 per cent between 1990 and 2014, meeting our 2014 annual target and exceeding our 2020 target of a 42 per cent cut six years early. We will continue to rise to the challenge. In 2017, we will publish a new energy strategy fully integrated with a new climate change plan and a new climate change bill, establishing a new and more testing 2020 target. Other countries must now match Scotland's ambitions and actions. The cabinet secretary will now take questions on the issues raised in her statement, and I intend to allow around 20 minutes for that. It would be helpful if members who wish to ask a question could press the request-to-speak buttons now, and I call Maurice Golden. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I thank the cabinet secretary for advanced copy of her statement. First of all, I note that we welcome the ratification of the Paris agreement on climate change and encourage all UN member states to do all they can to deliver under the obligations contained in the agreement. Here in Scotland, the Scottish Government has overseen the establishment of ambitious climate change targets. The good news is that emissions in Scotland are now 46 per cent lower than in 1990, after failing to meet their targets in the preceding four years. Emission reductions and leadership need to be shown in other sectors that have lagged behind such as transport, heat and energy efficiency. For example, transport emissions have decreased by less than 1 per cent in comparison to the 1990 baseline. As we continue our transition towards a low-carbon economy, the key will be to have a range of secure and balanced energy sources combined with the ecological and technological solutions that will drive down emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. However, the infrastructure both natural and physical has to be put in place today in order to achieve that. Does the cabinet secretary agree that sector-specific targets are key to ensuring that carbon emissions in sectors such as transport ensure that they contribute to our climate change targets, and will she include those targets in the upcoming climate change plan? I welcome the support of the Conservatives for the overall approach that we are taking in terms of climate change. I know that that support is replicated across the chamber, and it is one of the strengths that we have in Scotland that we have that support. The member raised specifically an issue about transport, and although I do not want to get drawn too much into that, I think that what he was playing forward to as a question about the sector-specific targets—at the moment, we have not made a final decision about what will be in the bill and how it will be constructed. I would caution, however, an assumption that sector-specific targets are an easy answer to that. First of all, we need to make sure that we get the balance right across all sectors in the economy. We are able to do that by not actually having the very sector-specific targets, but in some cases, frankly, from my perspective, it would be very difficult to allocate some of the savings to specific sectors. I will give one very small example. If we go down the road that the EU wishes us to go down, as I understand it in 2019, and every new-build home, for example, would have an electric vehicle charging point as standard, does that count for transport or does it count for housing, or do we have to find some mechanism to allocate between the two? There are some things that would look across sectoral. How does one then deal with sector-specific targets in those circumstances? We will look at all possible approaches, but we will work out what the best is for Scotland, and we will be consulting that on that in the bill. Claudia Beamish I thank the cabinet secretary for prior sight of the statement. Scotland is indeed a world leader in tackling climate change and addressing climate justice. There are, of course, continuing challenges, and the need to tackle those must be squarely addressed by the Scottish Government in the heaviest-submitting sectors, bringing new opportunities and jobs. However, today I want to focus on the global perspective in view of US President-elect Trump's utter denial of the irrefutable climate science and evidence. From whole US states threatened with intolerable temperatures to small island states threatened with annihilation if temperatures are not held below two degrees. Reassuringly, China's central national centre for climate change has stated that its climate policy is not dependent on the US presidency. At this critical time for the future of our planet, can I ask the cabinet secretary if she agrees with me that building confidence and connections between countries and regions will be key in maintaining momentum and action? May we wish her well in Marrakesh from the Scottish Labour Benches in continuing to contribute to this essential process for the future of humanity? Roseanna Cunningham I thank Claudia Beamish for the Labour Party's support for the climate change policy. I hear what she says about some of the sectors that we understand and accept need to be focused on. That is something that is an active discussion. I hope that other parties in the chamber will respond well to the draft climate change plan when it is published and to the new bill when it comes. The member's main concern is about the international scenario at the moment. I think that that obviously is a concern for everybody just now. If I was to try and be as generous as possible, I would say that we, all of us, sometimes during campaigns, hear rhetoric that might not always be as fortunate as it could. We will have to see what happens, because climate change is happening and the issue is not going to go away. America will be subject to the damaging effects of climate change, regardless of what the leadership might or might not think about it or do. I understand that the EU climate commissioner, Miguel Cagnete, wrote to Mr Trump yesterday, stressing the need for continued EU-US co-operation. Scotland has had a long relationship with the US, and we value that relationship. The Paris agreement is supported by strong action from states, cities, businesses and faith groups. A progressive agenda can still be driven at those levels. We have been through periods before, where US leadership and climate change were absent, but there are huge jobs, investment and growth opportunities from the low-carbon economy and the innovation that is required for the low-carbon transition. The US could benefit from that low-carbon economy as well. We would try to approach that with as much optimism as possible in the circumstances. I call Graham Dade to be followed by Edward Mountain. Whilst recognising and welcoming progress made to date, if we are to respond to the call to action of the Paris agreement, we will need to secure very significant behavioural change across society. The UK CCCC has recently appointed a behavioural scientist and its chair Lord Devin has suggested that this is an area that the Scottish Government ought to explore more closely. Is this something that the cabinet secretary is already taking forward or would be prepared to consider? Roseanna Cunningham? Yes. I think that we would all agree with Graham Dade that influencing behaviours is one of the keys to delivering our climate change targets. This is something that we are keen to work with the UK CCCC on. We are already looking at how we can strengthen the behavioural aspects of our climate change policies. For example, the individual social and material tool, ISM for short, helps policy areas to break down the factors that influence people's behaviours. We are using the tool across a range of policy areas, including housing and energy. Last year, officials gave a presentation to the UK CCCC on our behavioural work. We are conscious and aware of the challenge. We think that we have some useful work that will help that. A summary of that work will accompany the draft climate change plan, and I know that the member will welcome that. Edward Mountain, to be followed by Angus MacDonald. I, too, would like to thank the cabinet secretary for sight of her statement earlier. Professor Robin Matthews of the Hutton Institute suggested that restoring 21,000 hectares of peatland annually would contribute to an 8 per cent reduction in the Scottish carbon emissions. The minister has announced, and I welcome it, expenditure of £400,000 in this coming year, which, however, on previous performance will deliver less than 15 per cent of the target. My question is, is the Government being ambitious enough in peatland restoration much of which is in the area that I represent, the region that I represent? I thank Edward Mountain for his question. This is one of the general areas that we accept as a challenge for us and that we need to do more in, and it is one of the areas in which we are looking at very closely. The peatland plan recognises the multiple benefits of peatlands and the linkages with a number of policy drivers such as biodiversity and climate change. Some of those policies include a target for restoration. The member may be aware of the biodiversity route map that contributes to the EU 15 per cent restoration target. We are looking at peatlands in the context of the forthcoming climate change action plan, so it is a serious issue. Through the SNH-led peatland action, more than 5,000 hectares were restored in 2014-15 and almost 4,000 in 2015-16, but I would be the first to agree that that has to be increased substantially. Many of the peatland areas are in private ownership and I hope that the member will not take it amiss if I suggest gently that private landowners must also think about some of the actions that they can take as well. The cabinet secretary will be aware of the need for the UK to have a national determined contribution, or NDC, under the Paris agreement. The EU member states opted to implement jointly their commitments under the climate treaties. Therefore, given the complexity of the issue that the EU submitted in NDC to cover the period 2020-25 on behalf of all EU member states, however, as a result of Brexit, the UK will now have to complete its own NDC and it needs to be done soon. Does the cabinet secretary share my concern that the UK Government will not have the capacity to complete its own NDC in time and can ask her to raise the issue with her UK counterpart while she is in Marrakesh? With your permission, I will remain standing for the remainder of this. I am having a slight problem with my back and being up and down is causing a difficulty. If I could respond to Angus MacDonald's question, I appreciate his interest in that, but perhaps it is just a little far down the road for us to be able to deal with at the moment. Obviously, COP 22 is currently under way in Marrakesh, and I will be part of the UK representation there, as will colleagues from Westminster. The UK is a party to the UNFCCC individually, as well as through the EU, and we will be bound by all the obligations of the agreement under international law. The UK stresses that it remains committed to international efforts to tackle climate change. At present, at any level, we are continuing to be a member of the EU, so existing rules apply. I understand that Norway and Iceland have both submitted INDCs to the Paris agreement, although they will deliver their commitment through a collective delivery with the EU and its member states. The EU-NDC covers a period to 2030. We are perhaps just a little premature in trying to have that conversation at the moment, but it is one that people know has to be had. Richard Leonard, followed by Mark Ruskell. In his statement, the cabinet secretary said that 21,000 people are employed in low-carbon and renewable energy in Scotland. That is very welcome. Does she agree with me that, with a long-term plan for the economy, including planning agreements with renewable energy companies and with an active industrial policy in place from her Government, those job numbers could be increased substantially in the future, not least in our indigenous steel industry, our engineering industries and in our manufacturing supply base? The things that we are investigating very closely for the climate change plan is an issue that is at the forefront of our mind, because there are real economic opportunities with the advent of tackling climate change. Equally, we need to look at some of the existing industries to see how they can be recast as well. There is a deal of work being done on that particular basis. There are aspects of what we are doing that are already built into the manufacturing strategy, so that all the work that we do on waste and the circular economy is embedded throughout the manufacturing strategy. We are beginning to see that going through all the portfolio areas, and that will begin to show the effects. I hope very much that the member and myself and I suspect that most people in the chamber would like to see. Do I have to instruct you to stay standing, cabinet secretary? I'm on autopilot, I'm afraid. Mark Ruskell, followed by Tavish Scott. I thank the cabinet secretary for advance copy of her statement and look forward to testing the climate plan when it emerges in January. In terms of the international perspective, while we now have a climate denier in the White House, hope has not been extinguished across America. States, including New York, California and Colorado, have joined with Scotland and regional governments around the world to limit global warming to less than two degrees through the under two MOU initiative that you mentioned by yourself, cabinet secretary. States are representing almost a third of the world's economy. What specific actions will the Scottish Government be taking with those progressive US states around innovation, research and investment, so that whatever chaos emerges from the White House, we stay collectively focused on the jobs that will come from tackling climate change? I welcome that question, because I think that that is one of the key things that this Marrakesh opportunity gives us, is the ability to immediately make connections along the lines that he is raising through that MOU, but also through the climate group, which brings together a wide range of state, what might one call, sub-state NGOs, etc., where a great deal of work can be done. We must not forget that that is where Scotland sits, Scotland in that sense. However much I might wish it to be other at the moment sits there as an equivalent to the likes of Colorado, et cetera. I go to Marrakesh on Saturday with the ability to talk about the great success that we have had in Scotland, but I also go to Marrakesh with an open mind in order to learn from others, because others will have come up with ideas that I think we may be able to translate to our situation. I very much hope that I get an opportunity to have the kind of engagement that I think is essential going forward. I very much hope that it starts when I arrive in Marrakesh on Saturday. Tavish Scott, followed by Fulton MacGregor. I am sorry, but it is possible that you should invite us all just to sit down and stay sitting down, which would be more helpful to the cabinet secretary. Can I thank her too for a copy of the statement? Does she share mine and many other people's concern that the president-elect of the United States has actually vowed to cancel the Paris agreement altogether? In those circumstances, when she does go to Marrakesh on Saturday, will she, with ministerial colleagues from across the country, use the much-vaunted special relationship to bring pressure on the incoming administration to address exactly that point? Has she also noticed the helpful briefing in today's press and journal, which illustrates that the Scottish Government might specifically have a particular route direct to the Scottish Government to raise this and indeed other issues as well? I cannot say who from the incoming administration may be in Marrakesh. I would have anticipated that there will be a number of people from the current administration, but of course it is the current administration that has signed up to the Paris agreement. I am conscious of some of the things that the president-elect has said in respect of climate change. It is not just about the denial, it is about his intention to cut federal funding for climate change activity, his intention to restart a coal industry. He has already, in a sense, signalled with some of the early appointments that he might make that this may be a challenge, but, as I indicated before, I think that we have to try and be as optimistic as possible and keep in mind that people will suffer the impact of climate change, regardless of what their leadership may or may not believe in. It is going to be a significant concern for considerable parts of the United States of America, as it is for every other part of the world, and sooner or later, I think that that will have to be dealt with. I also understand that it may not be quite so straightforward to now reverse ferret out of the Paris agreement, as might otherwise be thought. It may take three or four years. Let us hope that, in that three or four years, we can all of us, in every way that we have, available to us, effect change in the administration's views. Can I say? We have had quite long questions and answers and I am able to give a little bit extra time, because I am very keen to get everyone in. If we could be a little shorter in questions and answers, and if you could please remain on your feet, Ms Cunningham, Fulton MacGregor, to be followed by Alexander Burnett. Tackling climate change is a major challenge that requires effort by each and every one of us. The cabinet secretary's leadership is hugely valuable, but does she agree with me that every minister in her Government and every MSP in this chamber should see themselves as a climate change champion? We all have our part to play in this. That is not just ministers, that is every MSP, indeed every household. I can give the chamber this assurance that my colleagues are united in their determination to ensure that Scotland's record on climate change continues to set an example for the rest of the UK. We take our responsibilities very seriously indeed, and they hear from me on this fairly frequently. It is a big challenge and there is a huge challenge in some sectors, and there is no point in us pretending that it is not challenging. Some of the things that we need to do are not easy and they are not going to be easy, but our goal is to cut emissions while building a successful low-carbon economy. That is back to the comments that Richard Leonard made, one that generates jobs, increases prosperity and, of course, improves health and makes Scotland a cleaner, greener place to live. Those conversations are had not just at the sub-committee on climate change level but also at an informal level as well. Oh yes would have been enough, cabinet secretary. I said oh yes would have been enough. Alexander Burnett followed by Stuart Stevenson. I thank the cabinet secretary for advance notice of her statement. As she will be aware, the national performance framework outcomes are targets that the Scottish Government aspires to meet. Outcome 14 states that the Scottish Government will reduce the local and global environmental impact of our consumption and production. How does the cabinet secretary square this with importing frat gas from America and the additional carbon cost that this incurs? Mr Burnett is nothing if not persistent on this particular issue, but I think that I answered him yesterday on this. I think that I kind of talked about this yesterday. The energy minister has made very clear what we are doing in respect of this. He has laid out the plan for the future. The energy strategy will be published alongside the climate change plan in January. I think that we have been absolutely crystal clear on our approach on this. I hope that the member will accept that that is what is going to happen. Snappy questions and answers, please. Stuart Stevenson, to be followed by Mark Griffin. Does the cabinet secretary recall hearing a long line of assurances to our island communities about the future of remote onshore island wind, a rather odd description? Yesterday was our highly suspicious day for announcing that we were reneging on those promises, hoping it to be buried by other news. Should we now make common cause with Maurice Golden, who said that infrastructure needs to be put in place and others of progressive nature on climate change in this Parliament to get that decision overturned? Roseanna Cunningham. I would certainly welcome support across the chamber, including from the Conservatives, that was a long-awaited announcement. It was very disappointing on a number of fronts. I am not quite sure what the timing was all about. I will let others draw their own conclusions on that. We have repeatedly sought assurances from UK ministers. It is a matter of regret that this Government was not consulted before the announcement. That is unfortunate because our islands have huge renewable energy potential, possibly the best in the whole of Europe. Mark Griffin, to be followed by Clare Haughey. I can ask the cabinet secretary how the Government supports families living in fuel poverty to reduce the consumption, reduce their carbon emissions and reduce the cost of their fuel bills. Without the Government's support and intervention, it is unlikely that we would ever see those emissions savings realised. Roseanna Cunningham. One of the things that we will be doing through the energy efficiency programme is going to be designed to try and support people through that whole process with the intention, ideally, of dealing both with the emissions side of the issue and the fuel poverty side of the issue. The work that is committed in that particular programme will include support for households, and I hope that the member will welcome that and welcome the considerable financial commitment that is going to be made over the term of this Parliament in that particular area. The last quick question, please, Clare Haughey. Does the cabinet secretary share my view that recent events at home and abroad underline the need for concerted international co-operation in the fight against climate change? I am not sure that there is very much that I can add to what I have already said in this particular area, but 2016 has just been one of those years. There has been seismic political change here in the UK and now in the United States. However, as I have indicated before, politics may change, but the science has not. Politics may change, but the impact of climate change will not. The need for concerted global action is just as great now as it was before. That concludes the statement and question session. We will move on to the next item of business, if people could change their seats accordingly.


So we're going to present you with a third one, which is a lot of stuff, you know, this is an interesting show, and I'm going to show you what these colors are. And these are my own colors, which I'll show you. What was this called? And if you want to see it, you have to go up to the top there, and you have to go up to the top, and you have to go up to the top of the screen. Okay, so this is about how I do it. I'll show you a little bit, and I can show you my left eye, so you can go up to the top of the screen and you can see where that's going to go. So this is a picture. So the first picture I took was this picture of Mr. Palito's, and I'm the son of Mr. Palito's and he's also a father of Mr. Palito's. This is Mr. Palito's and I'm the son of Mr. Palito's and he's also a father of Mr. Palito's. So he's also a father of Mr. Palito's. So I'll show you a little bit of what I'll show you right here, this is a picture I take with a groundwater and a sleeping strainer on the left side all around the water. Thank you so much. Now I'm going to show you And so, I think that we have to go to the ground and say, we're going to pass it. It's not going to pass it. So personally, I think that's the only way for you to use this method to say, I'm going to go to the ground and say, we're going to go to the ground. OK? I would rather have a body and a body to pass it. And just to say, I'm going to go to the ground. I think that's the only way to go. You know, if you're going to stop doing it, you should stop doing it. So, I think that's a good question. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.


Our subject now is Daphna Krim, daughter of Matilda and Arthur Krim, who was a child during the Johnson administration. Tell us a little bit about what you remember about the president and your parents' relationship with him during the time. Anything that comes to your mind? Well, I have very fond memories. I think that as important a person as he was, he was always able to have the personal rapport with us and with other of his friends. But I think he was particularly, as I could observe, was particularly fond of my parents and really enjoyed their company and they really enjoyed his company. I remember when I started to come down here on the weekends, we used to get invited quite often on the weekends and on one occasion my parents brought me. And I just remember that being at the ranch, at the LBJ Ranch, just really felt like being at home in many ways. President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson were so sweet and very inviting and hospitable. And at the same time, I remember that there would be moments where you realized that you were basically in the White House. There was the Secret Service and the staff and it was very awesome in many ways. And it just really felt like being a part of history. So there were the two sides to it. He really was a presence. I always had that sense of his immense presence. He was also very jolly many times. He used to love to tell jokes. He used to tell some of the local types of jokes, the real southern kinds of jokes that we were not familiar with coming from New York. And so it was very colorful and it was very funny. Some of them were in the context of politics and some of them were just in the context of he would use jokes to illustrate some of his points or some of his thoughts. And he really enjoyed having a lot of his friends from this area to come over. He enjoyed having large groups at the dinner table. I remember small things such as watching his place setting. His place setting always had a huge selection of hot peppers and sauces and ketchup and the honey and just everything had to be just right. And he could tell in an instant if something was missing and he would want to know where it was. And I would watch him and frequently he didn't use any of what was there. But he wanted to have it all there and it had to be just so. And he wanted his jelly and the biscuit and the butter and he was just a riot sometimes. And sometimes it would come up that Mrs. Johnson had determined that he needed to cut back on how much he was eating because he had this heart history of heart trouble in his family. And so she was often putting him on a diet and whether it was his blood sugar or just the amount of food or whatever. And often after dinner there would be a debate as to whether or not he was going to get dessert. And it always struck me as so funny that the president of the United States would have to negotiate with his wife or the housekeeper as to whether or not he was going to get dessert. And sometimes he would get it, especially if he was especially nice and just really negotiated well. And sometimes he wouldn't.  And he would often do that. He would go in there and he would open every cabinet and look for the cookie jar. And the cookie jar usually got hidden. And so it was his job to try to find it. And he would usually find it. And sometimes the housekeeper was in on it and she would sort of give him a hint. And sometimes he didn't get one, but he eventually got his dessert. And it was very funny that way. And that was sort of one of my memories. As a child experiencing that, were you aware that there was some history being made around you at the time? Definitely. Being in high school at the time, it was a very strange situation for me. I went to a school that was a very progressive school in New York. It was one of the ethical culture schools. And a lot of sort of liberal, progressive families associated with it. A lot of the teachers were liberal, progressive. In that sense, I mean it was sort of a perfect setting academically. But it was a very strange tension for me because I knew what I thought of him. And I knew what I thought of him personally. And I admired him very much. And at the same time, everything that I was learning and experiencing in my day to day life was in conflict. Because most of the teachers and most of the kids in my school were very much against the war. Very anti-Vietnam war. And therefore there was a lot of criticism all around me of his presidency and of him. And so it was really a difficult situation that sort of split loyalties. I mean I knew that intellectually and in terms of obviously seeing what was happening and the escalation and the continuing deaths. And I agreed in a sense with the anti-war movement, especially the older I got. And I could really associate and identify with that. At the same time I knew that the personal hatred or the personal words that were being used against him, particularly against him personally, I felt very protective and very sort of, I really resented that. And so I had more than one, I wouldn't call it a confrontation but more than one occasion to really argue with friends and students and even with a couple of teachers over the issue. And so because I had a very different perspective, many times judgments are made of a person because of their policies and I knew that that wasn't the person that I knew, the person that was being described to me. And also in the news, even in the media, there was a lot of what I thought was ugliness in the media and I thought it was very unfair and unjustified. And I thought even at the time that there were so many things that he had accomplished that were being overshadowed by this Vietnam tragedy really for his presidency and of course for the country. But I felt that he had been mired in a situation that was not of his making. And even as a teenager I thought it was pretty clear to me that just from the coverage in the media that his advisors were advising him, that this was not his situation, he was being advised. He felt that the military commanders and the Secretary of Defense really knew what he should do and I felt that he had been overtaken by all that. Daphnaud, on another subject, your father was a significant figure in the history of the times, not just because of his relationship with President Johnson and his administration, but his association with a particular political party and with his relationship with other major figures and as a giant in the motion picture world. Were you aware of him, of his importance as you were growing up? Yes, I was. I certainly knew that it was very unusual and I knew that he was admired by many people, that he was considered a real leader in his business and in the political scene. I remember something that was very interesting, ever since I was very small. It would be fairly common for someone who had come to our home for an event to say, Daphnaud, with the business that your dad is in, do you want to be an actress? I remember that in the beginning in particular I almost never got to answer that question because if he was standing right there he would invariably interrupt and say, oh, she has much more important things in her future than to be an actress. Not that I would have wanted to be one because I really never thought about that, but it became very clear to me that while he enjoyed the business tremendously and while it was something that he took pride in, that he did not think that that was a life that he would wish on his children or his family members. He just felt that there was a certain superficiality to it. It was not a life that really consisted of enough of a contribution to society. I mean, to him that was very important to contribute to society and I think that one of the reasons that he felt that his career in that business really was a contribution is because the critical element to him was that he made films that were important, films that said something, films that did have a message. That was basically his strength, that was the uniqueness of the company, of his companies and acting per se or being in the business per se was not anything that he really valued in general. So if there had ever been any doubt in my mind about whether or not he wanted that career for me, it was dispelled pretty early on, but no, I always knew that he was a very important person in many, many levels, but he didn't act that way. I think one of the amazing things about him, he never acted that way. It wasn't as though he made you feel he never acted self-important, I don't think. I don't know anyone who thinks that he did. He was just a very modest and very easy person to talk to. I found him very easy to talk to. I've talked to a lot of people over the years who have said that he was very intimidating because he was so brilliant. I mean, you almost felt as though there was really nothing you could say that he couldn't say better or anything you could tell him that he didn't already know. So that's very intimidating, but I never felt intimidated by him. And he was always very, very, you know, as a family person. He was always very, very close, I think, to family. He always felt that family was really important. And I know when I used to call him in the office as a child, it didn't surprise me that he always took my calls.  And years later, when I was, I think, in college at that point, I called him.  I mean, he takes your calls no matter what he's doing, no matter how many people he has in his office or whatever. So in that sense, I certainly didn't get the feeling that he was unapproachable or anything of that kind. It was just the opposite. Arthur Crimm was a very important man in the life of the OBJ Library, and this reflection on him will be a significant addition to our collections. So, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.


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Hi, this is MXUX. Whoops I'm just want to do this quick thing here Q's views did a ATVM loan video the other day and He was talking about Lordstown Foxconn is also I Don't know if I need to highlight that Anyway, Foxconn is also part of this plan now this is And I'm also going to do another comment here on this the electric Viking who I used to like But Turns out he's a fudster. He's an ill-informed fudster Down under where the toilets flushed backwards Anyway This is Foxconn Lordstown Motors to pursue us loan for EV factory pay to retool the factory for manufacturing October 3rd 21 at 2 p.m Lordstown tour Total routers is pursuing a 200 million dollar loan from the ATVM program Okay, and And Blah blah blah There's a part of them to be about but for a long Lordstown and Foxconn and fine They will each seek a proportionate amount of the ATV loan and we responsible for a portion amount of any expenses occurred in obtaining the loan okay, so The point is Foxconn I think this deal is going to go through because Foxconn and they have and again with the SEC and the DOJ on them They have said they're going in with Lordstown will the 200 million go up probably Are they allowed to they're allowed to go in their form? But it doesn't matter this is all kosher and they're gonna split the cost and they're gonna split the Loan, so this is good news. This is less. I guess that's optics for Lordstown and I think this loan could get bigger the loan they were applying for that amount. They may change the loan amount So Foxconn and Lordstown are joining forces So it's not just Lordstown anymore Proportion amount any all expenses so there you go and The companies hope to complete a purchase agreement. They're gonna complete the purchase agreement by October 31st so I think that's going to enable them to get certified and Enable the or enable the Certification to go forward because they're going to be able to identify the the maker and the deal is going to be done next year April 30th Q1 I'll leave this up for one second here. You can pause it That is the original article and that is Reuters so There you go partners so cues views made one about Lordstown and We can update that to say Lordstown and Foxconn So I think the loan amount might agree I'll go up and they're gonna split Proportional amount of ATV loan will be responsible portion of any and all expenses Each will seek so who knows what's gonna happen there? But I just want you to know that it's no longer just Lordstown It's Foxconn and I think that adds a lot of gravitas to that loan app because Ain't no you know Foxconn ain't gonna default on that by the way Foxconn is known for getting Government support. They're known for getting Winning these programs of this type with other governments around the world This is one of the main things they do and they open up a facility. They go for every and all Government program there is and they get moat. I don't know. I haven't heard them that they didn't get any So Foxconn is going in on the deal and they got a lot of weight and a lot of gravitas They might have said well Lordstown you ain't got no cash and blah blah blah. Well, guess what our big brother Foxconn here says he's coming in and he got a fat wallet so I Was not I Did a SWOT analysis of Lordstown? I did not mention ATVM program Once I got confirmation that Foxconn is involved You know, I had a chance of failure I put a chance of failure at 34% Regarding the whole production and everything I think that has gone down But Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's keep it at 34% let's hear what the October 31 purchase agreement says and we may be able to adjust that by the way I I Think it's going to be adjusted down I think this is going to happen. This may increase It's going to cut Lordstown's cash bleed Okay, good news. All right, so I just wanted to mention that and Q's views Has a great video on this loan and I just wanted to this is kind of an addendum to that video now Here's the electric Viking Okay, I Ain't gonna dog on the The dr. Zaeus look okay. I Like the electric Viking I watch his videos He really knows a lot about the China EV market, but he did a video the other day where he Slagged on every aspect of Lordstown motors made from the truck made fun of the company You know, I have down here. His research is two millimeters deep. I thought this guy knew what he was talking about He doesn't know it.  I Can't believe he put it out This is supposedly a guy that supports EV adoption honestly Evie come on buddy electric Viking. Give me a break. So anyway, here he is Evie shirts a little too tight Anyway, here's my comment and now here is his channel. You can pause this and you can enter this or you can just search on YouTube for Electric Viking. I'm just gonna read my comment on his Video and I do like him and I do like his videos. Okay You know, I'm I'm cracking on him a little bit. I think he deserves it. Anyway, I here's my comment on his video Dig your vids, but you're misinformed on Lordstown a complex story that deserves more attention That should be attention Foxconn will learn how to build that should be build an EV from LMC So Foxconn is going to learn how to build a He's talking about what can Lordstown these losers teach Foxconn about building an EV I'm I'm saying in this comment Foxconn will learn how to build an EV from LMC And I'm talking about USC They have many youths. That's what they call trucks down there on the road now and I and IP for propulsion that EV propulsion that no one else has which is the hub motors Foxconn CEOs recognize this and so his interest and he had mentioned that and I haven't I have another article here to back me up from All places the Motley Fool But the Foxconn CEO mentioned when he was talking about the work with Lordstown the manufacturability of Their truck design and that leads to the propulsion the four moving parts which You know You don't know nothing about because I don't know why because because he don't Uh Anyway, the CEO of Foxconn said this people were feeling the same way about Tesla was starting up Do you feel Foxconn would work with LMC and if it is as you described you saying it's a fraud They got no vehicles they got nothing they don't know how to build it, you know what I mean So the typical fud this guy's a fud spreader. He's a fud packer Sorry about that Anyway, people feeling the same way when it came to Tesla Do you feel Foxconn will work with LMC if it is as you described hardly? They know a thing or two dig deeper Viking. I like your videos and EV electric Viking I do like your videos. I am a fan. You just got to look into Lordstown motors a little deeper I wish you'd do another video on them So you could straighten this out, but you're way off the mark.  So after I made that statement and the motley fool is very anti LMC Two EV startups fisker, which plans to make affordable ocean and struggling lord sound, of course, they got to say struggling. All right Are closely linked with Closely linked with Foxconn. All right, there you go. As I said, do you think Foxconn would link with them? The news about Foxconn's prototype X-ray of boosted fiskers stock So fiskers stock went up Lordstown Lordstown shares dropped despite its potentially close ties with the taiwanese company Foxconn's aggression and continuing to push in its EV ambitions is certainly a potentially good sign for its two allies On the flip side. However, the company's chairman young lu young lee Said our biggest challenge is we don't know how to make cars What did I say my comment up there? that Foxconn will learn how to build an EV from lmc Guess what? Guess what the CEO said our biggest challenge is we don't know how to make cars That's the most reassuring forecast of foxconn's ability is newly acquired lordstown plant to churn out fiskers oceans or lord In the next year or two The most recent.  Here's the rub, okay? Lordstown motors is is certifying for production They're they're past the ppv p production vehicle They're certifying They're gonna the only reason they ain't manufacturing right now is because of this merger so Ability to get its newly planted or to churn out fiskers oceans or lordstown endurance pickups They're already churning out lordstown endurance pickups. They're all over the place They're they're past ppv. They're certifying for production Ability to get its newly acquired lordstown plant to churn out. They're already churning out Let me tell you something foxconn is going to learn how to build an EVs from schmitt and legacy burns and That's what that's what I think. I'm absolutely certain this is one of the reasons they bought the plan And he likes this technology and he sees it's the future You guys you don't know what you're talking about you.   I'm gonna get the source later The hollow startup on wednesday announced the second quarter law says plant in northeast part of the state is ready And that retooling of stamping assembly body and paint shots has been completed It also said the electric battery line is fully commissioned Okay, it's not on here, but The other update that could be added to this Is that the hub motor line is also getting commissioned right now We are launching the endurance with the prudent ramp of production given the challenging industry and supply and chain Landscape now. This is when angela strand before she stepped out as interim ceo Lordstown would begin deployments with select early customers the first quarters of next year This really has not changed. Okay, everybody's saying well, they slowed down production. Well, you know what? They're gonna they're they're gonna get models the production models out the first quarter of next year, which This is an old article. So it really hasn't slowed production. They said they were going to start production in september That's that they were going to get the certification and roll the line when they roll these production lines out they start building You know one car every four hours then one car every two hours then one car every hour and And slowly it ramps up and they get the speed up to the point where it gets to be, you know one car every four minutes So it takes a while to ramp up one of these plants and that's true of even tesla. Okay The production of the endurance will increase steeply in the second half of 2022 Again exactly on schedule as to what they said previously and this fox con thing is just slowed down the certification In my opinion lord's town was freely warning need to raise station phones was evaluating Okay, this is ominous lord's town, which proceed previously warned it needed to raise additional funds added It was evaluating potential strategic partners Strand said the size of its ohaha plant could easily accommodate additional manufacturing partners She wouldn't say who that was little did we know? The additional manufacturing partner was fox con That's who they were talking to I had no idea That's what she's saying. That's what's between the lines right here between these two lines So you they even knew what they were doing when strand was there So the better the new ceo is negotiating the deal. I'm sure strand is in on it and everybody else But the better is the new york guys. This is great. Okay and for The electric viking, okay Here's the address. I'm not going to click on it. This guy has a this is a great video. He shot I don't know where he got this. This is an all-black endurance you Hey, uh, dr. Zeiss. This is what an endurance This is what the endurance looks like the you I guess down there the steering wheel would be on the other side or where would it be in the back seat? I'm not sure. Anyway You said they don't know how to build a truck Here's here's one out in the wild You know, I'm willing to say that this is a ppv. It's waiting to get they're just waiting for certification This is what's going to come rolling off the line here very shortly Okay And look at this video if you don't believe me Okay, and this is this is the dateline for that previous article august 11th This is a brand new video that just was on Uh YouTube like 24 hours ago. So this and I think that truck looks great and black. Wow All right Okay electric viking Here you go. I don't know.  I shouldn't say that your head's not that big and limited production to start in late september And and and you know electric viking. I'm not slagging on you. I'm just saying do your homework Uh, wednesday that it will begin limited production endurance in late september. Okay, and now here's the Link for that you can pause this and you can copy that type type that in There's the link for that So this is all documented this there's the link for this And here's our friend electric viking anyway, let's leave on the on the picture of the endurance. Thanks a lot guys. I hope you like the video Just wanted to get this out here to fight the fud and back up my man q's views


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Here we go then semi-final number two the line-up Leon Madsen off the inside in red Freddy Lindgren out of gate number two in blue Ty Woofer and out of gate three in white and Robert Lambert from the outside in yellow earlier on Robert Lambert made a fabulous start and actually got across the opposition to actually Clampton down on the inside if you can do that, then he'll be set for the final for sure Certainly a lot of interest in this race once again crucial championship points on the line Lindgren looking for the opportunity to try and battle his way back in potentially into third place in the world championship Maybe yeah, it depends on what door does that's gonna get very tight indeed dial already through of course after a Hard-fought second place in semi-final number one And he did to have to hang on because holder was coming on strong Woffendon now can he produce some magic out of gate number three hasn't been a great night for him But he finds himself here with another opportunity for his first final of the year here we go then Tapes up now we're underway good start on the inside for Madsen But a better one from Lindgren would have run to the first corner here comes Woffendon Woffendon has come through there But that's Lambert is coming through as well with Leon Madsen They went either side of Woffendon down the back straight, but Freddy Lindgren There's just no holding him back disappointing in his last qualifying ride But he fires himself to the front in semi-final number two Lindgren has been pretty consistent this year and as you say disappointing last time out Making no mistake here. He's pulling clear of Madsen who in turn is pulling clear of Robert Lambert He's had to battle with Tyler Woffendon trying to defend in his every championship point he can get for this race Settling down up front with Freddy Lindgren and Leon Madsen set to go through Freddy Lindgren out in front disappointment for the bridge second and miss out on the final this evening But for Leon Madsen making another final He's looking good in second place But for fast Freddy Lindgren after the disappointment in Tetra two weeks ago We failed to make the semi-finals. He's in another final super ride from fast Freddy Got a great run into the first corner out of gate number two Just got the better of Madsen, but Madsen was Composed enough to hang on to second place with Robert Lambert Certainly strutting his stuff early doors, but the two Scandinavians are through Enable join Smalslik and Jason Doyle in the final Lindgren through to the final once again Leon Madsen They're in second place He's through as well Robert Lambert and Tyler Woffendon missing out in semi-final number two disappointment for them in the end Particularly for Lambert Lambert look really good tonight And they'll be a touch frustrated by the fact that he didn't make the final here tonight He will be out but Freddy Lindgren makes no mistake They're just lifts before he gets to the corner that wrote that means he cannot get across to the inside He's a door open for Woffendon at this point looks like Woffendon has perhaps stolen the march into second place But they swallow him up before he gets down into turn three Madsen then just settles down around the inside makes the bike work nicely continues He's uplifting form for the second on the podium in Prague and then made the semi-finals in tetra So his improvement continues. Yeah, it's going the right way He came in to the championship round here in Gorgioff on 42 points In sixth place so he's kind of improved on that that's for sure But for Freddy Lindgren clearly delight there to have made another file