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House Hansard - 152

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/2/23 10:08:16 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first petition is regarding just transition legislation. The signatories are asking that the government reduce emissions by at least 60% below 2005 levels by 2030, making significant contributions to the reduction of emissions globally. They are calling on the government to wind down the fossil fuel industry and the related infrastructure, end fossil fuel subsidies and transition to a decarbonized economy. They are also calling for the creation of new public economic institutions; the expansion of public ownership of services and utilities across the economy to implement this transition while creating good green jobs; an inclusive workforce and things that will strengthen human rights and workers' rights while respecting indigenous people's rights and sovereignty and making them a part of this conversation; and overall the creation of a future that our children can live in.
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Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/2/23 10:09:23 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the second petition, which was presented to me by a constituent, is related to the privatization of health care. This petition has 33,666 signatories. The petitioners are calling on the government to protect our universal public health care system under the Canada Health Act seeing as some provincial governments have thrown the door wide open, including in Ontario, to private, for-profit health services after intentionally underfunding and misusing federal transfers. The petitioners are calling on the government to ensure those public dollars do not go into the pockets of private corporations and their shareholders, and ask that the government stop the outsourcing of medical procedures and the further burdening of our public system with inflated costs caused by this privatization. They are calling for the government to show leadership on this, as our party is. I thank the over 33,000 signatories for this petition.
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Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • Feb/2/23 3:08:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today I presented a petition from over 33,000 Canadians calling on the Prime Minister to defend public health care. Canadians know that when the Conservatives say “innovation”, they mean “privatization”, which means lining the pockets of corporations and sticking patients with the bill. The Prime Minister knows it too. Last election, he called out the Conservatives' support of health care privatization, promising he would defend our public system, but today he will not keep that promise. Will the Prime Minister tell us if he meant what he said during the last election or if this is another Liberal flip-flop?
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