44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 2, 2022 02:00PM
- Nov/2/22 2:32:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we recently debated the government's policy priorities. Besides the fact that we can certainly address more than one subject at a time, can we agree that there may not be a more important subject and priority than health?
In Quebec, the health care system is falling apart for lack of funding. Those who are ill languish on waiting lists, emergency rooms are overflowing, mental health is looking like a national crisis, and yet, the Prime Minister stubbornly withholds the money, creates delays and imposes conditions.
Does the Prime Minister agree that people's health is more important than his desire to strip powers from the provinces?
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- Nov/2/22 2:33:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as my old man would have said: What would you know about that?
Quebec is already administering a health care system that is bursting at the seams. That is true of all provinces. The pandemic has added to the already considerable pressure, and there is absolutely nothing to prove that a manager in Canada is better than a manager in Quebec or Alberta. There is nothing to prove that. Creating standards, implementing programs and imposing conditions is time consuming, it is very time consuming.
Does the Prime Minister not agree that, in the best interest of the people, he should transfer the money to the provinces first and then try to discuss with whomever he wants?
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- Nov/2/22 2:46:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am taken aback by the government's pretentious attitude. We in Ottawa are better than those people in Quebec. We know better than they do.
However, the government is finally organizing a meeting with health ministers. Despite how important this is, the health ministers will be there but not the Prime Minister. Furthermore, there is an economic update this Thursday and the health ministers' meeting will be held after that.
Am I to understand that this is a political operation, that the die is cast and that everything to do with the budget will have been decided beforehand?
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- Nov/2/22 2:47:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, his collaborative approach is just a way of stalling so that he can impose conditions. I appeal to the Prime Minister's heart.
Even the hallways of emergency rooms in Quebec are full. Imagine how distressing that is. The waiting lists for surgery are endless. We are talking about real people, people who are really sick. I know parents, and I hope the Prime Minister knows parents, who are worried that their child is going to commit suicide. Actually, I hope he does not know any parents like that because that would mean that there are none.
Do we agree that people's health should not be jeopardized for the sake of a political agenda?
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- Nov/2/22 3:04:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I wonder why the Prime Minister thinks he is smarter and more competent than Quebec. Is it because of the 1982 Constitution? Is it because of the fiscal imbalance? Is it because of spending power?
I am getting the impression that he is telling Quebeckers that they are no good and that he and his buddies are better. I think he is confusing collaboration with taking sick people hostage.
I challenge him to name one thing in health care that a Canadian does that a Quebecker is unable to do.
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- Nov/2/22 3:05:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for me, being Canadian is like swearing an oath to the King. I do not have a choice.
Negotiating, talking, centralizing, that all takes—
An hon. member: Go home. You do not belong here.
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet: —time. Meanwhile, doctors are waiting, nurses are waiting, patients are waiting, parents are waiting, young people in distress are waiting.
What does the government have to say to people who are waiting for their own money, for health care, just because the Prime Minister thinks he is better?
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