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House Hansard - 273

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/24 10:04:45 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-62 
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2.
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/24 2:31:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are deeply committed to ensuring that Canadians have access to the drugs they need for their health and well-being. We have worked hard to make hundreds of millions of dollars in savings, nearly $300 million in savings, through bulk purchasing. We are working with provinces and territories through our bilateral agreements to continue to find ways to improve health care across the country and to ensure that Canadians have access to the health care they need.
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/24 3:10:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Kitchener—Conestoga for his advocacy to make sure that oral health is available for all Canadians. It is now available for those who are 72 years of age and older, and it is going to be rolling out to nine million Canadians. That is 3.5 million seniors and more than a million kids under 18. It is deeply disappointing that the Conservatives are voting against this and looking to get rid of dental care. It is essential not only as preventive medicine but also for the dignity of seniors who are finally being able to replace their dentures and get the oral health care they need.
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/24 3:11:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, ensuring that women across this country have access to the health care they need in order to protect their reproductive and sexual health is absolutely essential. Of course, we did withhold funding from New Brunswick because of the lack of funding for Clinic 554. It made the decision on its own to shut down, but we are deeply concerned with the impact that this is going to have on the ability of women to get access to an abortion. I have already reached out to the Government of New Brunswick. We are continuing a conversation because it is essential that those services be kept open to women across the country, and certainly in New Brunswick.
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