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House Hansard - 151

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Feb/1/23 2:18:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last week I hosted a health care round table in my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith and heard from health care professionals, including nurses. Nurses are the backbone of our health care system, yet the government has not been treating them as such. We know that nursing, frontline care work and all forms of care are dominated by women, BIPOC and new immigrants. Despite the vitally important work they do, nurses have been consistently undervalued, underpaid and overworked. They have reached their breaking point. They need fair and safe working conditions that value the important profession it is. They need a real commitment from the government that help is on the way to ensure health care workers are recruited and retained. We must see all care work, whether paid or unpaid, work that mainly falls on the strong shoulders of women, to be properly compensated. Nurses need more than empty words. They need a lifeline and deserve respect. We owe it to them and all women to value the care that they give us all.
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/23 2:32:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, through the depths of the pandemic, this federal government stepped up with over $72 billion in extra investments in health care across the country, on top of the $40 billion or so a year we send to the provinces for delivery of health care, to hire nurses and to ensure proper health care delivery across the country. One of the things we saw during the pandemic was that there was a need to continue and even to increase working together to ensure that Canadians get the best possible medical services across the country. That is why we will be sitting down with the provinces next week to talk about the future of health care services across this country.
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/23 3:01:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yes, we will be there with additional investments in our health care system. That is what I have been saying for months—years, even. What matters to Canadians is getting quality health care. We need more family doctors, more mental health support and more ER staff, and that means investing in the health care system. I am looking forward to sitting down with provincial representatives to move forward on this so we can help Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Feb/1/23 3:02:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Prime Minister cannot seem to understand is that health transfers are not a strictly political issue, but rather a human issue. Burned-out nurses thinking about quitting their jobs, people on waiting lists who are worried about their health, people who are unable to see a doctor for treatment: these people are waiting for a concrete solution that includes a substantial and recurring increase in federal funding, not a PR stunt or political ploy. After Tuesday's meeting, will the Prime Minister put an end to his chronic underfunding of health care?
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