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Claude DeBellefeuille

Member of Parliament
Whip of the Bloc Québécois Member of the Board of Internal Economy
Bloc Québécois

Salaberry—Suroît
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 67%
Expenses Last Quarter: $109,425.78

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Context: House Hansard - 131 - Nov/21/22

Nov/21/22 3:37:28 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. During the pandemic, the government reacted quickly and implemented special benefits through EI. These benefits ended recently, leaving a lot of workers and people in need in a tight spot. The EI program already needed to be changed and reformed before the pandemic. People have been calling for that for many years because it is an old program that needs to be modernized. I know that the Minister of Employment has shown a real interest in this and that she is running up against an outdated computer system, which is preventing her from being able to listen to workers and employers and come up with a modern EI program that is better at meeting people's needs. She also said that she is really limited by the people she works with in her department, because they need training and supervision. Quite honestly, I do not think those are good reasons for delaying or not—

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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22

Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille

Apr/25/22 4:55:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Winnipeg North for his question. My speech seems to have angered him, and I am not really sure why. I can say one thing. I have been a manager before. If I am asked to organize long-term services and ensure that seniors are well taken care of in long-term care facilities, I know that there needs to be predictability. Planning, organizing and providing services requires predictability, and that means that funding needs to be recurring, not a one-shot deal. It takes planning and forecasting. I am not denying that the federal government gave money to the provinces to help them deal with challenges during the worst of the pandemic, but now the pandemic is winding down, and the provinces are calling for the funding they need to reorganize their top-notch services for the patients who need it.

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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22

Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)

Apr/25/22 11:12:19 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am just as concerned as my colleague by what has been happening to seniors in long-term care facilities, but we do not have the same approach to finding solutions. In Quebec, we realized what was going on, and our ombudsperson produced a report in 2021 with a number of recommendations to prevent this kind of thing from happening again if ever another pandemic strikes. Quebec realized what was going on, figured out what to do about it and is completely overhauling its health care system. I have a question for my colleague. If Quebec were to reject Canadian standards for long-term care in Quebec, does my colleague agree with his government that Quebec might not get any of that funding?

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Whip of the Bloc Québécois Member of the Board of Internal Economy

Claude DeBellefeuille