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House Hansard - 126

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 14, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Nov/14/22 2:27:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it seems as though health care funding is futile. That is what the Minister of Health said. He considers it futile to ask the federal government to increase health transfers because, apparently, Quebec and the provinces are rolling in money. They supposedly have so much money and things are going so well in hospitals that it is futile to ask the federal government to contribute its fair share. Has the Minister of Health spoken to emergency room doctors in Quebec about their futile situation? Has he told the nurses who are doing mandatory overtime that it is futile to provide adequate funding for health care?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • Nov/14/22 2:39:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Health insulted Quebec and the provinces by saying that their demand for increased health transfers was futile. That is outrageous. Quebec spends more than 40% of its budget on health care. Allocating forty percent of a budget is not futile. That is not futile, especially when we know that, even with 40% of the budget, our system is depleted and out of resources because his government is not contributing its share. When will the minister realize that the only thing that is futile is his stubborn refusal to give money to our hospitals?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)
  • Nov/14/22 4:50:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, would my colleague go so far as to say that this economic statement is futile?
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon
  • Nov/14/22 4:50:14 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, is it futile? It is not nearly as futile as what the Minister of Health said. Then again, there was an opportunity here. In fact, a budget is presented every year, in March, and there are updates and implementation bills, like the one before us today. The government has the opportunity to put forward more measures, to implement them quickly, but also to present them to the public. When we are dealing with a budgetary or quasi-budgetary exercise like the one we are debating today, the public pays more attention, journalists pay more attention. The fact that this opportunity was completely wasted and this statement mostly recycles old items shows just how tired and uninspired this government is.
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