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House Hansard - 200

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 18, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Mrs. Rosemarie Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster, CPC)
  • May/18/23 11:28:05 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her very real, human speech. It is unfortunate, what this is turning into. I am hearing words like “rigidness” and “judgment”, and that is not at all the case. I know, here on this side, we heard one of our colleagues talk about the importance of community, connectedness and hope. We believe in the value of every single person. Dignity is so important, like the member said, absolutely. Empowerment is so important; the policies that are being put in place at every single level of government are there to empower the person. I know I did hear the member talk about services. I definitely believe in the importance of wraparound services, such as housing, counselling and psychotherapy. Could she expand on whether she believes in the importance of these services as well to help people overcome addictions?
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • May/18/23 11:29:19 a.m.
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, those services are essential. There are functioning addicts, people who have housing but are at risk of losing it if their addiction gets worse. They need support. They may be addicted because of pain. That pain, be it physical or psychological, needs to be managed. Sometimes people need help to learn how to manage their pain and live with it. Those services are essential, and better funding is urgently needed.
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • May/18/23 3:56:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the motion that we are debating today, I get the impression that no one is budging from their position. When I was teaching I used a book as an analogy. If I describe a cover and the person across from me describes the other cover, we will not have the same description. However, in the end, what matters are the pages between those two covers. Here, the objective is to find and implement everything we can to help people who have an addiction, whether that is services, protected sites or safe supply. I would like my colleague to talk about the importance of health transfers for ensuring adequate service delivery to people who are addicted.
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • May/18/23 4:11:28 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we know Conservatives are trying to mischaracterize the entire situation. One of the effects of the harm reduction approach that is being proposed is that it helps connect people to other health services, including the possibility of treatment and rehab. However, if they do not make that connection, that is never going to happen. My question for the member is this. When Conservatives say we should eliminate harm reduction initiatives, such as safer supply, how on earth would we be able to successfully connect people to other services when we cannot even reach them?
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • May/18/23 5:15:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, one of the things I like about the pilot projects created by Health Canada is the range of services provided to users. I am mainly referring to medical care and mental health counselling. The federal government certainly has a part to play in the fight against the opioid crisis, but I think that Quebec and the provinces do as well. That requires federal health transfers. The 10-year funding that the provinces and Quebec asked for is not at all what they got. The federal government only gave them one-sixth of what they were asking for. Currently, in Quebec alone, more than 20,000 people are on a wait list for mental health services. I think that what is being established at this time is very good, but does my colleague agree with me that the federal government must provide more funding for health care?
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Mr. Shafqat Ali
  • May/18/23 5:16:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, at supervised consumption sites in Canada, there have been more than 236,000 referrals to health and social services. These referrals are supporting individuals on their path to recovery and wellness, so that means the plan is working.
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