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House Hansard - 91

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 91 - Jun/17/22
Mrs. Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Hastings—Lennox and Addington, CPC)
  • Jun/17/22 11:56:49 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, during the last election, the Liberals promised in their platform to develop a safe long-term care act to ensure that our seniors would be guaranteed the care that they deserve, no matter where they live. Over nine months later, nothing has happened. Seniors are tired of waiting. It has been long enough. When will the government show some respect, stop treating seniors as second-class citizens and commit to tabling a long-term care act?
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Context: House Hansard - 91 - Jun/17/22
Hon. Kamal Khera (Minister of Seniors, Lib.)
  • Jun/17/22 11:57:23 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, this pandemic continues to highlight the challenges in long-term care, including gaps in infection prevention and staffing. I have personally seen these challenges on the front lines as a nurse. Our government has made significant investments, including $4 billion to provinces and territories, to improve the standard of care in those facilities. I would like to remind the member opposite that her party voted against the measure when we put it in the fall economic statement. There was $41.9 billion in cash support for provinces and territories through the Canada health transfers. We will keep working with provinces and territories so that we can continue to fight this pandemic and ensure that seniors in long-term care have the supports they need.
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Context: House Hansard - 91 - Jun/17/22
Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ)
  • Jun/17/22 12:24:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to present two petitions on the same subject, which I am proud to sponsor. These petitions were signed by almost 7,000 citizens across the country and formally call on the Canadian government to significantly increase old age security payments starting immediately so that all eligible seniors aged 65 and over can receive an additional $110 a month. The signatories to these petitions believe that the federal government is discriminating by increasing old age security only for seniors aged 75 and over. This request is all the more reasonable given today's runaway inflation, which disproportionately affects seniors of all ages, not just those aged 75 and over.
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Context: House Hansard - 91 - Jun/17/22
The Acting Speaker (Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie)
  • Jun/17/22 1:02:00 p.m.
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I have to interrupt the hon. member because the hon. Minister of Seniors is rising on a point of order.
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