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House Hansard - 102

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 26, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 102 - Sep/26/22
Mr. Peter Fragiskatos
  • Sep/26/22 12:49:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, there is so much there I do not know where to begin. With respect to the Canada child benefit, and I know the hon. member is concerned with poverty in Canada, it has lifted hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. I will put that to the member if he was not already aware. With respect to his understanding of how this particular dental benefit will work with respect to kids, I think there is some misunderstanding there. As a result of the Canada dental benefit, 500,000 kids will be supported. I look forward to hearing the member's thoughts further. I think he has some concerns with respect to provincial jurisdiction, but that is a matter that I am sure he and his party will continue to take up. With respect to health transfers, I leave that to the government and the Minister of Health to take up in due course in the upcoming weeks and months, as I think will be the case.
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Context: House Hansard - 102 - Sep/26/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • Sep/26/22 1:05:55 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, as the member for Burnaby South and the member for Vancouver Kingsway both said, the NDP has always pushed for increased health transfers. I can say with absolute certainty that if the NDP were in government, if we had enough members to form the government, we would have already increased health transfers. How would we pay for it? That is a no-brainer. We are losing $25 billion a year to tax havens; we could that money for health transfers. That is what the Parliamentary Budget Officer has said. We believe that investing in health is more important. We need to increase funding for our health care system to ensure an excellent system for all Canadians.
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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
Ms. Laurel Collins
  • Sep/26/22 5:09:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Madam Speaker, we should be fighting for dental care and increased health transfers to the provinces. This is critically important, as we are in a health care crisis in emergency rooms. Staff are drowning. Of course we need to increase health transfers to the provinces now.
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