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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 - 160 - Feb/14/23
Hon. Mike Lake
  • Feb/14/23 10:56:54 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe it is against the rules of the House to mislead the House. The Harper government did not cut transfers. It raised transfers—
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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 - 79 - Jun/1/22
Hon. Mike Lake
  • Jun/1/22 10:56:17 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, as we look to make progress on this issue, I am banking on the fact that Canadians who just heard my question and that answer will recognize that the response had nothing to do at all with the question I asked. I am going to ask it again, and I am hoping the parliamentary secretary will put away her notes and just answer the question. In the Liberal platform that she ran on eight months ago, her party promised $250 million for a Canada mental health transfer in fiscal year 2021-22, which we were already halfway through during the election campaign. Clearly the promise was for an immediate investment in a Canada mental health transfer, with a subsequent investment of $625 million this year and then continuing for the next three years. My question is simple and I think Canadians expect a response. Where can Canadians look to find the delivery of that promise?
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