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Hon. Mike Lake

  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Edmonton—Wetaskiwin
  • Alberta
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $178,671.82

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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Hon. Mike Lake (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, CPC)
  • Feb/13/23 6:51:23 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-39 
Madam Speaker, just over a year ago we had an election campaign, and in the Liberal platform there was nothing about the extension of medical assistance in dying for people with mental illness. What there was in the Liberal platform was a very clear promise to fund a Canada mental health transfer, $4.5 billion over five years, of which it is very clearly laid out, and I think it is on page 75 in the costing document, that by now almost $1 billion was to have been transferred already. We have not seen a cent of that almost $1 billion that was to have been transferred. I wonder if the hon. member could speak to that disconnect that has a Liberal government that is not fulfilling its own promise to properly fund mental health but instead has moved forward and now is needing to pause, having moved forward on extending medical assistance in dying to people with mental illness.
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Context: House Hansard - 83 - Jun/7/22
Hon. Mike Lake
  • Jun/7/22 8:47:43 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, just based on the conversation, surely if you seek it, you would find unanimous consent to allow me to table page 75 from the Liberal platform, which promises for a Canada mental health transfer under new investments—
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Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22
Hon. Mike Lake (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, CPC)
  • May/12/22 2:47:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that did not even come close to answering the question we actually asked. We have asked consistently very fair, straightforward questions on the issue of the Canada mental health transfer. Last week, the minister dismissed them as “annoying” and “despicable”. If the minister is annoyed with anyone, perhaps it should be with her own Prime Minister, who has put her in such an awkward, indefensible position by breaking a clear promise to the most vulnerable Canadians. If anything is despicable, it is that. Why did the Liberal government break a clear commitment on one of the most critical issues facing Canadians today?
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Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22
Hon. Mike Lake (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, CPC)
  • May/12/22 2:46:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while it was trying to get elected, the Liberal Party used the words “mental health” 66 times in its platform, but we are losing 11 Canadians every day to suicide, and we still do not have a three-digit suicide prevention hotline. We are losing 19 Canadians every day to a raging opioid crisis that continues to worsen, and now the Liberals have broken their cornerstone mental health commitment from an election campaign fought just months ago. Can the minister explain to Canadians struggling with their mental health why her party broke the commitment it so solemnly made to help them when it was looking for their votes?
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