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House Hansard - 102

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 26, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 102 - Sep/26/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Sep/26/22 2:28:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Ottawa is ending health measures at the border. No more tests, no more masks, no more quarantine. It is over. That brings me to the issue of health transfers. In 2021, the Prime Minister said that he was considering increasing them, but only after the crisis. He said, “We will sit down and talk with the provinces and territories about how to increase health transfers.... But those conversations need to take place after we have weathered this current crisis.” If the Prime Minister believes the crisis is far enough behind us to suspend health measures, when will he call a summit on health transfers?
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Context: House Hansard - 102 - Sep/26/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Sep/26/22 2:29:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I cannot make these things up: There is one place in Quebec where the pandemic is still raging, and it is the only place where the federal government still refuses to invest money. I am talking about our health care centres. This morning, I was listening to the Minister of Health talk about exhausted health care professionals. He said we need to take care of our health care workers if we want them to take care of us. Those are fine words. That is exactly what Quebec and the provinces are asking for, and it is exactly what the federal government still refuses to do. If the Prime Minister wants to take care of health care workers, then there needs to be a summit on health transfers as soon as possible. There is no time to wait and no more excuses. He has to keep his word. When will he organize the summit?
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