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House Hansard - 112

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 18, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Oct/18/22 4:08:49 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I would like to reiterate a question that has already been asked of my colleague and I would like a clear answer. Many have asked if the provinces were consulted. Did the provinces ask, yes or no, for this type of dental program that is presented in this grand bill that contains all kinds of things? The question is simple and I would like my colleague, who is good at dodging answers, to answer it. Yes or no, did the provinces ask for this? Yes or no, were the provinces consulted on this program?
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Warren Steinley (Regina—Lewvan, CPC)
  • Oct/18/22 7:13:29 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I have asked a question a couple of times today, and I still have not gotten a satisfactory answer, so my question for the member who was just on his feet is this: Has he consulted with the B.C. health minister? The health minister would not answer this question, but has anyone in his party talked to any provincial health minister in the country who has said that this $10-billion program is at the top of their wish list? We all know health is provincial jurisdiction. I would like an answer from someone on that side about whether they consulted with the provincial health ministers about this program before they brought it to the floor of the House of Commons.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Warren Steinley
  • Oct/18/22 7:45:30 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Mr. Speaker, I will keep with the decorum mentioned by the member for Kings—Hants. I appreciate working with him on the agriculture committee. In the crux of my speech, the point I was trying to make is that the consultation was not had with provincial health ministers. I will give the member a direct answer. I think that the federal government could have helped top up some of the provincial programs and even help my friend from Manitoba. It should have been a provincial program through the provincial health ministers and not done through a federal minister in rolling out another $10-billion federal program. That would have been a really good start. I would be very interested to know if my colleague from Kings—Hants could reach out to the health minister in Nova Scotia and ask if he or she had been consulted about this program, and if the $10 billion could have been used for something other than this in the province of Nova Scotia.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Stephen Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester, CPC)
  • Oct/18/22 11:44:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, it is nice to have the final question of the night, and the final say perhaps. One of the big things we would like to know on this side is exactly how many provincial ministers of health in the provinces and territories were consulted with respect to this bill.
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