44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2023 02:00PM
- 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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- Feb/1/23 2:33:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, when we saw the challenges Canadians were dealing with during the pandemic, the federal government stepped up with $72 billion in extra investments in health care, on top of the $40 billion we send the provinces every year for health care delivery. We know it is going to take more.
We are going to sit down with the provinces next week to talk about how to boost investment and co-operation to provide better health care to Canadians across the country, within our public system, of course.
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- Feb/1/23 2:47:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I notice that the Conservatives do not mention the pandemic when they talk about the challenges that Canadians have faced over the past few years.
Perhaps that is because, if the Conservatives had had their way, we would not have invested to support Canadians during the pandemic. Without that help, thousands of small businesses would have closed their doors, and thousands of Canadians would not have received the support they needed to get through the pandemic.
While they sowed doubt about vaccination, we made investments that helped Canadians get through the pandemic.
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- Feb/1/23 2:50:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are not able to lift the Conservatives out of the funk they seem to be in.
We are going to continue to stay focused on investing in Canadians. We are going to continue to stay focused on being there for people. While Conservatives continue to push austerity and cuts and criticize us for having supported people through the pandemic, we are going to demonstrate our understanding that building a strong economy involves investing and supporting people, which is why, apparently, they voted against support for renters and support for dental care for young kids.
These are things that we disagree with them on. They will continue to try to fling mud. We will continue to stay focused on Canadians.
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- Feb/1/23 2:57:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, one of the areas in which I know the member opposite feels we wasted money over the past years is in procurement of vaccines, in trusting science and evidence in our approach to keeping people safe right across the country. Indeed, it has been shown that the approach she was pushing during the pandemic would have resulted in tens of thousands of deaths more than we actually had, as well as a much slower economic recovery.
We made the choice during the pandemic to step up, to follow science and to be there for Canadians. That is exactly what we did. We can understand how she—
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- Feb/1/23 3:06:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the pandemic has highlighted long-standing systemic challenges in Canada's long-term care system.
Can the Prime Minister tell us how our government is ensuring that seniors have access to safe, reliable, high-quality long-term care facilities across Canada?
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- Feb/1/23 3:07:18 p.m.
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Mr Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Madawaska—Restigouche for his question and his hard work.
In fact, the pandemic has made us realize the extent of the problems facing our seniors in long-term care facilities across the country.
That is why, in 2021, I mandated the Minister of Health and the Minister of Seniors to develop national standards for safe long-term care to ensure that seniors receive the care they deserve.
With this important step taken, I look forward to seeing their bill introduced in the House when it is ready.
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