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House Hansard - 112

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 18, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Oct/18/22 3:46:21 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I congratulate my colleague for wanting to take a closer look at the bill. That is exactly what we can do if we vote for the motion today. We can go to committee and take the time needed to listen to experts to see how taking care of our children's dental health means taking care of their health in general. It avoids them having to go to the hospital for emergency surgery that would not be needed if they had access to quality preventive dental care. It is for all children who need it in Quebec and elsewhere.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Oct/18/22 3:54:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, there are two things: first, the process, and second, the outcomes. This is the right process to proceed quickly to deliver better dental care for children. On the outcome, about two million school days are missed by children every year because they need to go for emergency dental care. This is time wasted, obviously, for children. It is also an important burden for families. We need to do better. When children get sick, it is bad for their health and it is also bad for their long-term development, socially and health-wise, especially when they miss days at school.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Gord Johns
  • Oct/18/22 3:54:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, we know our health care system is fractured. We do not truly have a head-to-toe health care system. It stops here. We know dental care is finally coming in to ensure that people get access to dental care.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Oct/18/22 3:57:03 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I am certain, because I know the member well, that she also knows what it is like for seniors to take care of their general health, whether we are talking about seniors in long-term care facilities, in residences or every senior who has difficulty affording dignified dental care. I am sure the member also agrees with everyone in the House that taking care of seniors is also important.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Oct/18/22 4:10:45 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I think we are all grateful to hear this question. As we said earlier, mental health is an integral part of health. Mental health care has to be a part of health care. We also mentioned earlier that approximately $6 billion is already in the fiscal framework for the next five years to support mental health care, home care, community care and additional investments for long-term care. We know, because we said it during the campaign, that we will be doing more. In particular, we will be putting into place mental health transfers specifically targeted to the things that our colleague mentioned earlier.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Gary Anandasangaree (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/22 5:20:38 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my friend for his very passionate speech on Bill C-31. Can he outline what kind of impact getting dental care will have on his community and the children in Kingston?
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Jeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands, CPC)
  • Oct/18/22 7:01:55 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, to finish his speech, the member was talking a lot about day care, so I have a question from a constituent of mine. Her kids do not fit into the description of what the government has because they are no longer in the zero-to-five category. It is the after-school side of it the government is ignoring and lots of people have concerns around that. I am just wondering why it did not do anything to help people in that situation.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mrs. Karen Vecchio
  • Oct/18/22 9:05:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it looks really good in the headlines and it looks really good when we get the government to tell us that we do not care about children's teeth. No, we care about a program that works. We care about the economy. We care about the next generation. When we talk about spending money right, let us talk about the $4.5 billion that has been sitting in the coffers for the last year under the government when we know we are in a mental health crisis. Earlier today, I heard that one person each week in the city of London is dying of an overdose. That is one person a week. In 2015, I was hearing that about Vancouver, but this has gone across our country. We are talking about dental care when we should really be talking about the opioid crisis.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Greg Fergus (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/22 10:04:45 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, what is not acceptable is the Bloc Québécois's schizophrenia with regard to this initiative. First, the Bloc tells us that it is very important to provide dental care and that it is a very praiseworthy objective. Then they tell us that we are moving too quickly. These statements do not jive. We agree with the Bloc Québécois that it is very important to provide dental care to those who need it and we are taking action. I would ask my colleague to be more coherent on this issue, if possible. First, the Bloc wants us to take action, but then they do not want us to take action. How is that possible?
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais
  • Oct/18/22 10:22:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his hard work on this file, and particularly on making sure we get this passed. I want to make a quick mention about what health care is and what it should be in Canada. Right now, health care stops at one's tonsils, as the member mentioned, and it also stops at one's eyelids. We still have work to do to make sure we have a universally accessible, universally administered public health care system in Canada. We are not there yet, but we are going to keep fighting to make sure that happens.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Mike Morrice
  • Oct/18/22 11:06:58 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I will quickly respond to my colleague from Salaberry—Suroît by saying that, in my opinion, it is important that all levels of government work together with all the tools at their disposal. I believe that the federal government has a role to play in this country with respect to health care. That is why I support this bill.
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