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House Hansard - 137

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 29, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)
  • Nov/29/22 12:19:42 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-29 
Madam Speaker, call to action 54 called upon the government “to provide multi-year funding for the National Council for Reconciliation” to ensure that it has the financial and technical resources required. In the 2019 budget, the government announced a total investment of $126 million for the national council for reconciliation, including $1.5 million to cover operating costs for the first year. We have no idea whether this is a permanent measure. I would like to ask the parliamentary secretary what is going on with that and, in particular, whether it has been discussed in committee. Were any suggestions made? Can we get more information about the financial costs involved? Is the investment even sufficient?
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Nov/29/22 2:28:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I said, we have all heard these media reports on allegations about China funding certain candidates in the federal election. I can confirm that none of the experts or officials from our intelligence services shared anything with me about interference where Canadian candidates may have received money directly or indirectly from China.
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Hon. Hedy Fry
Madam Speaker, I would say not necessarily. We are talking about a specific component of health care under the Canada Health Act, which is what the federal government has as its ability to provide universal health care. Long-term care facilities are not part of the Canada Health Act, so transfers to provinces in any way, shape or form are going to have to be tied specifically to quality of care, to protocols for care and to outcomes. This is a totally different kettle of fish. This is not about funding medicare.
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Mr. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NDP)
Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on this bill. The NDP will be supporting it, because we, as the party of health care, have been extraordinarily concerned about the deplorable conditions in long-term care, which COVID may have exposed but which have existed for a long time. My question is about resources. The bill, of course, would punish people after neglect has occurred. The NDP is concerned about preventing that neglect in the first place. In the last election, the Liberal Party promised to invest $6.8 billion in safer long-term care. It also promised to invest $1.7 billion to ensure personal support workers are paid $25 an hour, and $500 million to train 500,000 personal support workers. I do not think a single dollar of that funding has flowed yet from the government. Can my hon. colleague tell the House when the money is expected to flow, so we can take care of our seniors instead of punishing people who abuse them?
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