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House Hansard - 121

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 31, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Oct/31/22 2:26:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, the Toronto Star revealed the federal government's health transfer strategy and confirmed our worst fears. The Prime Minister is refusing to meet with his Quebec and provincial counterparts as long as they continue to unanimously ask for a $28‑billion increase and 6% escalator. He wants to break them. He wants to negotiate one-on-one with the provinces that are likely to give in, to force them to give up on their demand for $28 billion in health transfers and accept his conditions. His strategy is to divide and conquer. At a time when hospitals are bursting at the seams, why is the government plotting behind the scenes to deprive them of funding?
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Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Oct/31/22 2:27:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know why they are plotting, because they were so arrogant as to tell reporters. They are plotting because they want to isolate Quebec. They want to break the provinces and force them to back down and give up on the $28 billion they need for health care. They want to leave them nothing but crumbs. The goal is to then go to Quebec and say, “Here is the agreement. Take it or leave it”. That is the predatory federalism we know and love. Are the Liberals aware that that is called blackmail and that sick patients are paying the price for their blackmail?
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