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House Hansard - 112

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 18, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/22 2:21:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the leader of the official opposition makes a big show of being concerned about families, but if he actually wanted to support low-income families he would step up and support our measures to give more money to low-income families for the cost of dental care for their kids or to help the 1.8 million Canadians who would benefit from additional help on the housing benefit. The reality is that not only does the Leader of the Opposition not support those measures to help low-income families with real money this fall, but he is blocking their passage in the House, preventing anyone from getting that money.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/22 2:23:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is important that as we debate in this House we ground ourselves in facts. The reality is that an average family in this country receives more money from our putting a price on carbon pollution than it pays. It is support for families, even as we fight climate change. In the leader's own riding, families have received, including last Friday with the latest cheque, a total of $550 because of the climate action incentive. We will continue to fight climate change. We will continue to put more money in the pockets of families.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Oct/18/22 3:01:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives in this House have the opportunity to do the right thing right now. There is a bill before the House that would see Canadian children in low-income households have access to dental care. There is a bill before the House that would see low-income renters have access to rental support. On this side, the government side, we have been there consistently for families since we were elected in 2015. I hope we can count on the Conservatives, who claim to care about Canadian families, to join us in these instances.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Oct/18/22 3:55:49 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, we all agree that mental health is health, and mental health care is health care. That is exactly what we should all recognize. We fully support the views of the member that we need to invest more in better health care and better mental health care. I would like to point out, in addition to what the member said on dental care, that approximately one family out of three in Canada does not have access to dental insurance. That explains, in large part, why many of those families and children do not get appropriate, accessible and affordable dental care.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Oct/18/22 4:12:14 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, there are two answers The first is the $25 billion through the Canada child benefit. It is a big amount of money. Every month, it lifts approximately 400,000 children out of poverty, plus obviously, all of their parents. That is a big amount, but it has a big impact in our society. It makes our society more fair and prosperous. We believe that better equity, better justice and better health for Canadians should also be achieved through investing in the dental care and dental health of our children and families.
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