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House Hansard - 309

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 6, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • May/6/24 1:47:45 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I agree with the member opposite that it was very disappointing to see what happened with the Canada disability benefit. It certainly was not what the community was asking for. Would he not also agree that everything else the Liberals are delivering is disappointing, including $10-a-day child care with fewer child care spots than existed before, a dental care program with no dentists subscribed, and a pharmacare program that does not even exist and might end up having two drugs in it? Is it really worth carrying the water for the Liberal government for the last nine years?
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • May/6/24 2:01:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today is May 6. Exactly two years ago to the day, at a David Wilcox concert, I met the love of my life, my husband Paul. He is wonderfully intelligent, wonderfully humorous, wonderfully loving and wonderfully tall. From the day we met, he has brought joy to my life and has renewed my enthusiasm for doing this difficult job, from which I was considering retiring. He has restored again my pride in being the member for Sarnia—Lambton and has encouraged me and stood by me every step of the way. He has put the sparkle back in my eyes, a spring in my step and made me even smilier than before, if that is even possible. We share a love for God, family and music. Today, I want to thank him for his love and say how much I look forward to doing life together. Happy anniversary, my darling.
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • May/6/24 7:03:02 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I studied the pharmacare system when I served on the Standing Committee on Health. The Liberals did not do anything until they introduced this bill. The Quebec system has a list of drugs, a formulary, and I think it is the best system in the country. What does the member think about the fact that this bill targets only two drugs for this pharmacare system?
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • May/6/24 7:35:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when I studied pharmacare at the health committee, we heard from the Parliamentary Budget Officer and multiple stakeholders that 95% of Canadians already have prescription medication coverage, and most of them are covered for 15,000 drugs, not two, like this lame bill that we have before us. Not only that, but the Liberals want to have the critical medications for Canadians delivered to them by the same fantastic bunch that cannot get a passport out the door in seven months and that have a 30% error rate in CRA. Is that who we want to manage the critical medications of Canadians? What could possibly go wrong? Would the member just admit that this bill is a pacifier for the NDP, to keep them from pulling their support and calling an election?
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • May/6/24 8:20:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, by now, Canadians are used to broken promises from the Liberals. In 2015, members will remember that they were going to make housing affordable, and now housing prices, mortgages and rents have doubled. They also promised the last election under first-past-the-post, but maybe not. However, on pharmacare, I think maybe Canadians need a history lesson because the Liberals have been promising to do pharmacare since 1992, and they have never done it. The bill before us is also not pharmacare. It is a plan to get a plan to maybe do pharmacare. It is not going to be national. Quebec has already said that it is not going to participate. Could the member just admit that this is an attempt to pacify the NDP to make sure that it does not pull its support and trigger an election?
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu
  • May/6/24 8:41:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, you certainly have given lots of advice on people not impugning other members with motives. I think the member has gone quite far enough, and I would ask if you could return her to the theme of today.
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