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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 10:09:23 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
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Feb/2/23 2:29:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals funnelled over $100 million into McKinsey's coffers, and that is just the tip of the iceberg. Millions have gone to KPMG, Deloitte and their ilk. Not only is this a waste of taxpayer dollars, but it takes away from our public service. It is a form of privatization. In the meantime, the Liberals are being stingy at the bargaining table. Our public service employees deserve respect. Why do the Liberals have millions of dollars for their consulting firm friends but nothing for public service employees?
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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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