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Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)

Mar/4/22 10:29:59 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his excellent speech. This bill includes measures to provide funding for health care and COVID-19 tests. Every day, the Bloc asks for an increase in health transfers for Quebec. What does the member think of these measures? Will he support them?

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Context: House Hansard - 41 - Mar/4/22

Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie

Mar/4/22 10:30:27 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague from Sarnia—Lambton for her question. Bill C-8 provides funding for COVID-19 tests. Ottawa is going to pay for COVID-19 tests and send them to the provinces. We want transparency and the ability to follow up. We naturally agree with this necessary expenditure. However, it reminds us that Ottawa is not contributing its share to health care. In the 1990s, the Liberal government decided to fix its deficit problem by reducing transfers to the provinces. Since then, Ottawa's revenues have far exceeded the services it provides. Health care funding must be rebalanced. We do not want conditions, we want money now.

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Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)

Mar/4/22 1:28:41 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I would like to know if my colleague shares my belief, and that of the NDP, that the economic update released a few months ago and the finance bills squandered opportunities to make up for all the cuts to health care. That happened under the former Harper government. The Liberal government has continued with these cuts, so people are struggling in the health care sector. Whether they are in Quebec or British Columbia, people everywhere are having a hard time. Does my colleague believe that these were missed opportunities for the government, which is not providing adequate funding for our health care system?

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Context: House Hansard - 41 - Mar/4/22

Mr. Jean-Denis Garon

Mar/4/22 1:29:33 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Mr. Speaker, I agree with my colleague that more health care funding is needed. I think that the government needs to unconditionally increase health transfers to cover 35% of system costs. I do want to make a small correction. I am very concerned about the federal government interfering in provincial jurisdictions and, in many respects, I do not agree with the NDP's proposed funding method, which would involve even more interference in Quebec's jurisdictions.

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Context: House Hansard - 41 - Mar/4/22

Mr. Larry Maguire (Brandon—Souris, CPC)

Mar/4/22 2:28:23 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-235

Mr. Speaker, I will take the opportunity to speak to this bill. I congratulate my colleague from Winnipeg South Centre for bringing forward his thoughts on how we can succeed in the Prairies. It is great to see him back in this place, and I bid him more successes. I was also pleased that the member would be open to amendments because, as he said, none of us has a monopoly on all the good ideas. I thank him for phoning me yesterday to have a conversation about this bill. I had some concerns, which I shared with him, and he was willing to look at an 18-month time frame that might be put forward for something like this. He is very aware of the fact that there have been lapses in some of the green funding in the Prairies for some of the projects there. I spoke specifically to him about one with natural gas in the south central area of Manitoba. The government may not be willing to fund those types of things anymore, but it is a great benefit to a small part of one little prairie province. The agriculture side of the industry has made great steps over the years in efficiencies, the use of energy savings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and this seems to be more focused on getting things green than in getting things done.

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