SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 115

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 21, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 115 - Oct/21/22
Mr. Scott Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, CPC)
  • Oct/21/22 12:04:24 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, last week the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety said the following with respect to the placement of defibrillators in RCMP vehicles, which would save 300 lives per year: “If the hon. member had a private company that wanted to donate AEDs to all RCMP vehicles, I would be happy to work with him on that.” My question is this. In the event that one or more outside parties agrees to pay the necessary $10 million, will the government finally place AEDs in all RCMP cruisers as I have been asking it to do for the past six years?
105 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 115 - Oct/21/22
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Oct/21/22 12:05:01 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, as the former executive director of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, I could not agree more with the thrust and intent of the member's question, which is that AEDs save lives. I would encourage everybody to get trained in CPR and make sure they know how to use AEDs. The government continues to look at how we can support public health efforts across the country to make sure there is knowledge about defibrillators, CPR and AEDs. As the government has in the past supported the placement of AEDs, it can look for ways to do so in the future.
102 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border