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House Hansard - 161

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Mr. Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP)
  • Feb/15/23 5:24:05 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-39 
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to address what could only most charitably be described as cognitive dissonance in that speech. When we talk about things like trying to institute a basic income so people can live with dignity and get the help and support that they require, or when we talk about spending more on health in order to be able to create the services that people require in order to live the life the member describes, he opposes those things. Dental care, for Pete's sake, is something that his party has opposed. That is what people living with disabilities require in order to get the services they need and to live with the dignity they need. Therefore, I am having a hard time reconciling his speech about how we have to pay special attention to the most vulnerable and people living with disabilities, with the position he takes outside this debate on many other important matters. Maybe the member would like to speak to that.
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Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Mr. Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP)
  • Feb/15/23 5:42:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-39 
Madam Speaker, one of the ways we can help people who are suffering and who may at some point consider medical assistance in dying is by supporting the establishment of a Canada disability benefit and supporting the level of income that this benefit would deliver to be something that raises people out of poverty. New Democrats have suggested, for instance, that the level of that benefit should be set at $2,200 a month to ensure that people living with a disability actually have the means to live with dignity, to afford a roof over their head and to afford to feed themselves and their families. Is this something the member supports?
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