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House Hansard - 30

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 14, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 30 - Feb/14/22
Ms. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau
  • Feb/14/22 10:15:05 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-10 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I would say, essentially, that jurisdictions must be respected. In other words, trust the expertise of each province when it comes to what services are needed. When we talk about health transfers, obviously they must be unconditional, because it is the provinces that have the expertise, not the federal government. The provinces have everything it takes when it comes to both education and health care. I tell people that it is important for everyone to mind their own business. It is often when we do not have enough to do that we interfere in other people's business. In the context of a pandemic where there are global challenges and a critical situation, I think we all need to mind our own business.
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Context: House Hansard - 30 - Feb/14/22
Mrs. Marilène Gill (Manicouagan, BQ)
  • Feb/14/22 10:16:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-10 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his inspiring speech. We are debating a bill. However, contrary to what my colleague from Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne was saying, just because we are debating a bill does not mean that we cannot consider items that are not covered by the bill but that are very important to us. I would like to put a simple question to my colleague from Laurentides—Labelle, who has been asked about jurisdictions. Since today is Valentine's Day and I love my country, I would like to know what she thinks would happen if Quebec got to keep its own money. Would the situation be the same? Would we be dependent upon a government that wants to spend money in any area of jurisdiction and that is not meeting the people's needs? If we had full control of our own funds, would the health care system in Quebec not work a little better?
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