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House Hansard - 22

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 2, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 22 - Feb/2/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Feb/2/22 2:35:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, since the beginning of this pandemic, health care workers have been harassed. They have been the subject of verbal assaults. They have been blocked from going to their places of work. Vaccination centres have been shut down. We passed a law to protect health care workers, but it is not being enforced. At a minimum, we need to make sure frontline health care workers are safe in doing the important work of protecting us and saving our lives. Why are the laws to protect health care workers not being enforced?
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Context: House Hansard - 22 - Feb/2/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Feb/2/22 2:36:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the work and the sacrifice of the member for Durham. We disagreed fundamentally on how to help Canadians, but I want to thank him for his service. Since the beginning of this pandemic, our health care workers have been harassed on their way to work. Our priority is to at least ensure that these people, these health care workers who take care of us and help us, are safe when they are working. We passed a bill to protect them. However, that legislation is currently not being enforced. Why are the laws to protect our workers—
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Context: House Hansard - 22 - Feb/2/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Feb/2/22 2:53:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is inexcusable that after every wave, our health care system continues to be on the brink of collapse. This is not a surprise. COVID has exposed that our health care system is fragile because of decades of underfunding by federal governments, whether Conservative or Liberal. We need to make sure our health care system is there for people when they need it most. The Prime Minister wants to wait until after the pandemic. We disagree. People cannot afford to wait. People need that care now. Will the Prime Minister commit to increasing health care transfers immediately to protect our health care system and the people who need it most?
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Context: House Hansard - 22 - Feb/2/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Feb/2/22 2:54:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the fact is, our health care system is in danger. We need long-term funding increases. That means upping health transfers. It is inexcusable that our health care system continues to be on the brink of collapse every time a new COVID‑19 wave hits. We need more funding now. The Prime Minister says we should wait until after the pandemic, but people cannot wait. Will the Prime Minister commit to increasing health care transfers immediately?
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Context: House Hansard - 22 - Feb/2/22
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Feb/2/22 3:15:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, New Democrats have long been raising the concern that clawbacks to the GIS are impacting vulnerable seniors who cannot pay their bills or pay their rent. We know that the Prime Minister talked about fixing this problem in May, but seniors cannot afford to wait until May. We just learned of a senior who passed away yesterday. They had their GIS clawed back. They could not afford the nutritious meals they needed, nor could they afford the type II diabetes medication that they needed. I am haunted by the thought that this senior might still be with us today if their GIS had not been clawed back. Will the Prime Minister commit to fixing this problem now, rather than waiting until May?
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