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House Hansard - 44

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 23, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 44 - Mar/23/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Mar/23/22 3:03:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I give congratulations and thanks to Canadians. Let me point to one more number: 135,000. That is the number of avoidable deaths that we saw in the United States over the last few months. They would have been avoided if Americans had done as well as we did in Canada, which is to vaccinate everywhere. There were 135,000 people who died in the U.S. because of not being vaccinated as we did in Canada. It is good to again signal our gratefulness to all those Canadians who did the right thing.
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Context: House Hansard - 44 - Mar/23/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Mar/23/22 3:05:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, since I like numbers and since I believe the opposition also likes science and numbers, let me quote two more: 1,600 and $4 billion. The fact that we had vaccination mandates at both federal and provincial levels in the last few months made Canadians avoid 1,600 deaths. There are 1,600 people who are now alive, living with their families, enjoying time with their friends, working and just living, and $4 billion of costs were averted because of that.
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