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House Hansard - 28

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 10, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 28 - Feb/10/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Feb/10/22 11:51:30 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. There is something a little odd about what we are going through. Obviously, like my colleague and all members, this morning, I cannot help but notice how frustrated people are. People are frustrated, fed up and tired of all the health rules and everything else. What is especially odd is that Canada is one of the most highly vaccinated countries in the world, with the most stringent health regulations, and yet the number of cases was quite high until recently. Many countries are lifting health measures. Quebec's health system is about to implode, despite all the measures brought in and the high vaccination rates. Clearly, increasing health transfers is crucial. Does my colleague agree that it is time to hold a summit on health and health care, considering their importance, and increase health transfers to the provinces accordingly—
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Context: House Hansard - 28 - Feb/10/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Feb/10/22 1:40:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague's comment just now put a bit of a damper on what I was about to say. I was going to congratulate my Conservative friends on the surprisingly nuanced tone of the discussions we have been having since this morning, but partisanship once again reared its ugly head during that last remark. That is kind of a shame. I want to comment on statements by the opposition leader and some of our other Conservative friends this morning about how it is time to follow the science. At what point in the last two years did we not follow the science? Vaccines? That is science. Social distancing? Science. Masks? Also science. Border controls? That is science too. Canada has very high vaccination rates, almost 90%, but most countries around the world do not have that. We talked about that earlier. A friend was telling me about Uganda, where just 1% of the population is vaccinated. The government's border measures make sense. I would like to know at what point in the last two years we did not follow the science.
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