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House Hansard - 151

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Feb/1/23 2:18:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last week I hosted a health care round table in my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith and heard from health care professionals, including nurses. Nurses are the backbone of our health care system, yet the government has not been treating them as such. We know that nursing, frontline care work and all forms of care are dominated by women, BIPOC and new immigrants. Despite the vitally important work they do, nurses have been consistently undervalued, underpaid and overworked. They have reached their breaking point. They need fair and safe working conditions that value the important profession it is. They need a real commitment from the government that help is on the way to ensure health care workers are recruited and retained. We must see all care work, whether paid or unpaid, work that mainly falls on the strong shoulders of women, to be properly compensated. Nurses need more than empty words. They need a lifeline and deserve respect. We owe it to them and all women to value the care that they give us all.
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Feb/1/23 2:31:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when one or one's loved one falls sick, or one's mom needs a surgery, one needs nurses in the hospital to provide that care. When the Prime Minister was elected, the shortage of nurses was 5,800, and the shortage of nurses is now 29,000 positions. The situation has gotten a lot worse, not better. The Prime Minister promised to hire more nurses but has not done that. When Conservative premiers want to privatize, for profit, our services, he encourages it and celebrates it. Why has the nursing shortage gotten worse and not better with the Prime Minister?
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/23 2:32:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, through the depths of the pandemic, this federal government stepped up with over $72 billion in extra investments in health care across the country, on top of the $40 billion or so a year we send to the provinces for delivery of health care, to hire nurses and to ensure proper health care delivery across the country. One of the things we saw during the pandemic was that there was a need to continue and even to increase working together to ensure that Canadians get the best possible medical services across the country. That is why we will be sitting down with the provinces next week to talk about the future of health care services across this country.
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Feb/1/23 2:33:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the Prime Minister took office, there was a shortage of 5,800 nurses. Things are now five times worse. He promised to hire more nurses, but he broke his promise. He thinks the provincial premiers' move to privatize our health care system is innovative. Why is the Prime Minister making the crisis worse instead of improving our health care system?
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