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House Hansard - 13

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 8, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NDP)
  • Dec/8/21 9:10:18 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I would like to congratulate my hon. colleague on his appointment. I look forward to working with him to build health care for all Canadians. In the 2019 throne speech, the Liberal government pledged to “introduce and implement national pharmacare so that Canadians have the drug coverage they need.” The 2020 throne speech noted that the government “remains committed to a national universal pharmacare program” and would “accelerate steps to achieve this system”. The 2021 throne speech contained no reference to pharmacare whatsoever. Does this omission reflect his government's abandonment of universal pharmacare?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:11:22 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the Liberal-appointed Hoskins advisory council called on the federal government to launch national pharmacare by offering universal coverage for essential medicines by January 1, 2022. Will the federal government meet this deadline?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:11:56 p.m.
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Madam Chair, it was a simple question: Will the federal government meet the deadline of January 1, 2022, which is less than a month from now? I guess the answer to that is no, it will not. Can the minister confirm when national universal pharmacare will be in place for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:12:29 p.m.
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Madam Chair, again, I guess Canadians have no answer from the Liberals about when they might get universal pharmacare. Canada had the highest proportion of COVID deaths in long-term care of any country in the OECD. Will the minister confirm when national standards for long-term care will be in place?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:13:04 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister agree that we should end the for-profit delivery of long-term care to our seniors across Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:13:25 p.m.
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Madam Chair, during the last election, the Liberal Party promised to “work towards a national school nutritious meal program with a $1 billion investment over five years.” Can the minister confirm this investment will be put in place during the fall economic statement?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:13:52 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care issues important guidelines to health professionals across Canada, yet the task force lacks members with subject matter expertise. This can and has resulted in questionable, inaccurate and dangerous guidelines being issued, for example using outdated studies and ignoring relevant data to recommend against life-saving breast screening for Canadian women in their 40s. Multiple other specialties are similarly affected, such as urology, psychiatry and gastroenterology. During the election, the Liberal Party committed to reviewing the task force. When will this happen?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:14:43 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the government has allowed PHAC to use the Pacific Gateway Hotel in British Columbia as a federal quarantine hotel since March 2020. Over 140 workers, mostly women, with decades on the job were terminated by that employer using the pandemic as a cover. Workers have now been on strike for seven months. This week, it was reported that travellers are finding “wretched conditions” at Pacific Gateway and other quarantine hotels run by PHAC. Will this government commit to move out of the Pacific Gateway Hotel and cancel its arrangement with it?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:15:38 p.m.
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Madam Chair, in May 2021, the City of Vancouver submitted its final proposal to Health Canada requesting an exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to decriminalize the simple possession of illicit drugs. It is now half a year later, and the federal government has yet to render a decision. Given that the catastrophic death toll from Canada's drug poisoning crisis is growing every single day, does the minister believe that this is an acceptable delay?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:16:29 p.m.
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Madam Chair, Canada's premiers are calling for the federal share of health care spending to rise from the current 22% of total costs to 35%. Given that the federal government initially agreed to cover half the cost of medicare when it was first established, does the minister agree that 22% is an unreasonable share for the federal government to assume?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Don Davies
  • Dec/8/21 9:17:12 p.m.
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Madam Chair, every year, six and a half million Canadians avoid going to the dentist because they cannot afford it, and one in three Canadians lacks dental insurance. The Liberal government's 2019 throne speech called universal dental care an idea worth exploring. Can the minister outline what steps the government has taken to address this major public health deficiency?
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