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House Hansard - 238

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 24, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 238 - Oct/24/23
Mr. Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, NDP)
  • Oct/24/23 3:18:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over 165,000 Canadians suffer from traumatic brain injuries every year. Brain injury patients are often shoved into expensive private care or left to fend for themselves. Decades of Liberal and Conservative governments have failed to support the more than 1.5 million Canadians currently suffering the consequences. Canadians deserve to be supported when they go through a health crisis. Will the minister back my plan to create a comprehensive national strategy on brain injuries to promote awareness, prevention and treatment?
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Context: House Hansard - 238 - Oct/24/23
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Oct/24/23 3:19:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, any time somebody sustains a brain injury, it has a devastating impact upon their life and the lives of those in their families. The member is absolutely right. We have to do everything we can. That is why we are making critical investments across the health system, with $200 billion of additional money being put in. Those dollars are to ensure that we not only can see better health outcomes, but also can have better prevention and better care. We saw a fantastic announcement in British Columbia. There is more to come in the rest of the country. Health transformation is happening.
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