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House Hansard - 121

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 31, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Oct/31/22 2:26:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is talking about divisions, but in fact, we are all united. My fellow health ministers and I are all ministers of health. We are all working for the same citizens with the same dollars. We will all make investments to support our health workers, who really need help because of their difficult working conditions, among other things. We will take care of all Canadians, no matter where they live in this country.
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Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Oct/31/22 2:27:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we all agree on the importance of taking action for our workers and the patients who need their help. The Government of Canada has to do its share, which it has done in recent years by investing $72 billion on top of other health care transfers during COVID‑19. We are also still investing in rapid tests, vaccines, Paxlovid and PPE for all Canadians. That is still happening because COVID‑19 is still happening. We are also investing $2 billion to reduce surgical and diagnostic wait times. I could go on and on.
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Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Oct/31/22 3:07:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, funding public health care in Canada is not only a need but also an obligation under the Canada Health Act. We know how important it is to millions of Canadians now with the crises that we see in emergency departments across the country. We also know we need to support access to family health teams, because that is a key part of the solution. People need to have access to their family doctors in order to avoid having to go to the emergency room to treat things that should be treated or prevented before people end up in a hospital.
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