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House Hansard - 115

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 21, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 115 - Oct/21/22
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Alexandra Mendès)
  • Oct/21/22 11:46:50 a.m.
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The hon. member for Edmonton Strathcona.
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Context: House Hansard - 115 - Oct/21/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Oct/21/22 11:46:53 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, people in Canada do not need more talk. This week, the media reported that the emergency wait times at Edmonton's Stollery Children's Hospital has reached 17 hours. One ER doctor revealed that patients are dying in the waiting room. It is unacceptable that the Liberals avoid taking any responsibility for this crisis. They are standing by while Conservative premiers are underfunding the health care system that Canadians need. To make things worse, in Alberta, Danielle Smith is musing about scrapping public health care in our province. Canadians' lives are at risk. When is the government going to take action?
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Context: House Hansard - 115 - Oct/21/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Oct/21/22 12:06:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I hosted a housing town hall in my community of Edmonton Griesbach last week, and my constituents told me that big real estate companies are buying up their homes and treating the housing market like a stock market, all while evicting regular working Canadians. The Liberal government has done nothing to close tax loopholes. These investors have saved a combined $1.5 billion, taking money from taxpayers, while in my community, Edmontonians are losing their homes. On the other hand, we have the Conservatives, who continue to buddy up with big corporations with no end in sight. When will the government act to stop renovictions and—
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