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House Hansard - 321

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 30, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/30/24 2:24:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, this Prime Minister and his Bloc Québécois supporters are not worth the cost. Their $500 billion in inflationary spending is forcing parents to skip meals so they can feed their children. While the leader of the Bloc Québécois and several of his members are campaigning to radically increase gas taxes, Quebeckers in the regions are paying the price because they do not have access to public transit. Talk about being completely out of touch. Will the Liberal Bloc set aside its ideological agenda to raise taxes on Quebeckers and vote in favour of our motion to suspend federal taxes for the summer?
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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • May/30/24 2:29:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is voting against pharmacare. The Bloc Québécois is voting against health care budgets. The Bloc Québécois is voting against all our efforts to provide dental care, and the list goes on. If we were to take the Bloc's desired ratio, or if we were to compare the Outaouais with any other region in Quebec, we would see that the Outaouais region is underfunded. The number of doctors, nurses, surgeries and hospitals has fallen in the area. The Outaouais needs urgent action on health care.
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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • May/30/24 7:11:15 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-64 
Madam Speaker, I am truly surprised that the Bloc Québécois refuses to listen to what Quebeckers are saying. A large coalition, the largest in Quebec, made up of two million Quebeckers, major unions and community groups, said that Quebeckers applauded the federal government's Bill C‑64. They said the following: Never before have we come so close to implementing a real public, universal pharmacare program. The hybrid public-private system in place in Quebec creates a two-tiered system that is unsustainable and needs to be fixed. While criticizing the system, they also said this: We are asking the federal government not to give in to the provinces and territories, which are asking for an unconditional right to opt out with full financial compensation. That is the message that Quebeckers are sending to the Bloc Québécois. It is a bit like dental care, where the largest percentage of people advocating for dental care are Quebeckers. Why does the Bloc Québécois refuse to listen to Quebeckers?
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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • May/30/24 9:29:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-64 
Mr. Speaker, I always like listening to my colleague. It seems to me that Bloc Québécois MPs should at least listen to Quebeckers. There are at least two million of them united in the largest coalition in Quebec. They are specifically asking that Bill C‑64 be passed by the federal government. They are very critical of the current pharmacare situation in Quebec. They talk about co-payments. They talk about all the problems that exist in Quebec. All the community and union organizations are asking the federal government not to give in to the provinces and territories that are asking for an unconditional right to opt out with full financial compensation. They are saying that because they want Bill C‑64 to pass. Why is the Bloc Québécois not listening to Quebeckers?
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