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House Hansard - 31

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Ms. Elizabeth May
  • Feb/15/22 11:47:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Madam Speaker, I thank my Bloc Québécois colleague from Beauport—Limoilou for her very kind and generous comments. I do think the government needs to fix the mistake it made when it created two classes of seniors. I think the best way to address inequality is to create a system that will eliminate poverty. That is the point of the guaranteed income supplement. There are other things we must do to protect seniors' health, such as fix problems with long-term health care, which should not be in the hands of for-profit enterprise.
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Context: House Hansard - 31 - Feb/15/22
Ms. Elizabeth May
  • Feb/15/22 11:53:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague is from the neighbouring riding of Victoria where she is doing great work. I would just say that we have to finish the work that started under Lester B. Pearson, Tommy Douglas and David Lewis, and that includes pharmacare. It will save Canada money and it will be better for our economy. People think that our ridings, Victoria and Saanich—Gulf Islands, are fairly wealthy, but I have seniors living in their cars. I have people for whom I pay their electricity bills so that they do not fall out of their apartment and end up living in a car. We have desperate needs, and Bill C-12 will help, but pharmacare is essential.
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