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House Hansard - 331

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mrs. Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Hastings—Lennox and Addington, CPC)
  • Jun/13/24 3:00:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over six million Canadians do not have access to a family doctor. According to the Commonwealth Fund, after nine years of the Liberal-NDP government, the number of Canadians without access to a regular care provider has doubled. What is the government's solution to the doctor shortage? It is to tax them out of the country. The health-care-killing tax on health care providers will force them to practise elsewhere, making the doctor shortage crisis even worse. How is that fair? How many communities will go without doctors because doctors are leaving Canada due to the Prime Minister's new tax?
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mr. Joël Godin (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, CPC)
  • Jun/13/24 3:03:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that the Minister of Health does not realize that after nine years, there is a major, historic crisis caused by the lack of family doctors in Canada. Increasing the capital gains tax will have an impact on the economy and the quality of life of Canadians. In the midst of this challenging economic chaos they have created, the Liberals decide to tax capital gains even more. Supposedly, they want to make the rich pay. This is a tax cover-up and it will have a major impact. As a result of the exodus, the list of Canadians without a doctor will grow, not shrink. In Quebec, there are already 2.3 million people without a family doctor. What does the Minister of Health say in response—
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