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House Hansard - 268

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 14, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23
Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)
  • Dec/14/23 2:15:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, national dental care is finally becoming a reality. This is the biggest investment in public health care in 60 years, and New Democrats made it happen. In 2019 and 2021, we went door to door to ask people what they wanted from their politicians. Again and again, I heard from young mothers who could not pay to get their kids' teeth fixed. I talked to senior citizens who could not pay their dental bills. They gave us this mandate in Parliament, and we delivered. This year, children and senior citizens will be able to apply; by the end of next year, over nine million people will be eligible. Let us compare this record of success with the Conservatives' record. This past week, the Conservatives tried to block a national suicide hotline and funding for clean water on reserves. They did their best to block badly needed support for the people of Ukraine. They would cut dental care in a second if they could, but that is not going to happen on our watch. New Democrats are in Parliament to fight for the people of Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Dec/14/23 2:28:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Quebec has made its stance on dental insurance very clear. Quebec's minister responsible for Canadian relations said, “Quebec is prepared to negotiate an agreement with the federal government to improve the plan in a way that respects jurisdictional considerations”. In other words, Ottawa can transfer the money, and Quebec will use it pay for its dental care priorities. Unfortunately, Ottawa would rather give the money to a private company than to Quebec's public health care plan, the RAMQ, which has the expertise. Why choose Sun Life over Quebec? Why go private in health care at the expense of the public system?
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Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Dec/14/23 2:28:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our choice is clear. Our choice is to provide dental care for everyone everywhere in Canada, in every province and in every territory. We have nine million people without access to dental care. Our dental care system will give every person in every part of our country access to dental care. That is the important thing here.
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Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Dec/14/23 2:30:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, of course we are going to work with Quebec. We are going to work with each province and territory to ensure that everyone gets the dental care they need to stay healthy. That is our goal, and we are going to work with every province across the country to achieve it.
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Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Dec/14/23 2:46:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, of course, we know that the Conservatives voted against farmers. They voted against taking action on climate change. They also voted against dental care. That means nine million people who they do not want to have access to dental care. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of seniors who they are saying are not going to be able to get dentures replaced if they were in government. They are talking about more than a million kids who they would say no to, that those kids cannot get critical dental care because they want to vote against it. Their real agenda is cuts. When one looks through their slogans, that is all that is there.
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