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House Hansard - 309

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 6, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • May/6/24 8:35:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have heard in the House tonight, I know the Conservatives think providing free contraception is communist, but I would like to say this to the hon. member across the way: They talk about reproductive rights, but in New Brunswick, one cannot even access a trauma-informed abortion at care. We have a Canada Health Act that they have to uphold, and I am glad that the member supports that, but his government actually does not support action. It is one thing to say that we support the right to a safe, trauma-informed abortion, but it is another thing to provide access to that right.
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Leah Gazan
  • May/6/24 8:49:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would also like to apologize for my misreading when I was reading the article. I do apologize. I was not trying to be cheeky, but I was reading directly from an article. We know that certain provinces, provinces his colleague called “communist”, are providing free contraception care—
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Mr. Brad Vis
  • May/6/24 8:49:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would just like the record to state I never said “communist.” I only came into the debate— An hon. member: No, you did not.
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Ms. Leah Gazan
  • May/6/24 8:49:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I certainly was not saying that he called provinces communist. I said that some of his colleagues have called them communist. Certainly, provinces do not act alone in health care. The federal government works with provinces to provide services. We have pushed the federal government to ensure provinces have what they need to provide, as a starting point, free diabetes medication and also contraception.
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