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House Hansard - 152

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Lib.)
  • Feb/2/23 10:06:32 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is with pleasure that I table today what I believe is a very time-relevant petition. It is calling upon the Government of Canada, provinces and other stakeholders to come together to deal with a very important issue: health care and the Canada Health Act. The petitioners are asking for co-operation and for the different stakeholders to work together for the betterment of health across the country.
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Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Feb/2/23 12:34:19 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, Bill C-75 was definitely not perfect. There were many ways it could have been improved. However, we must not throw the baby out with the bathwater. It is also important to take a broader view of the situation and ask what causes the violence. A child is not born violent. Various aspects of a person's life leads them down that road. Across Canada, social services have been greatly affected by cuts to health transfers over the past 30 years. Are those services still effective? Should we not be reinvesting in health? Therein may lie part of the solution. It will not happen overnight, but over the long term. Health transfers have suffered 30 years of cuts, and it is time for that to change. I would like to hear from my colleague on this issue.
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Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Feb/2/23 1:49:58 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I will repeat the question I asked earlier. I think everyone agrees on the fact that the provisions of Bill C-75 need to be looked at and improved. That being said, no one is born violent. That tendency develops over time. Without support from our social services, which have been undermined as a result of 30 years of health transfer deficits, violence may increase. I would like to know whether the government will increase health transfers to 35%.
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Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Mr. Majid Jowhari
  • Feb/2/23 1:50:37 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I do not think unconditional transfers to the provinces are necessarily the solution to this. However, what I would like to highlight from what I took from the hon. member's point is that there are other factors, specifically social and economic determinants of health, that play a huge role in this. I am sure other committees will definitely look into this.
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Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Mr. Adam van Koeverden (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and to the Minister of Sport, Lib.)
  • Feb/2/23 3:09:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me be clear: Canadians are proud of our system, and this government is too. It is based on need and not the ability to pay, and we believe that all one should need in order to get health care is a health card, not a credit card. We will make sure that our investments respect the Canada Health Act while always defending our universal public health care system.
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