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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
Hon. Mark Holland (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/24 3:01:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that the only time the Conservatives have asked in the House about health care or a shortage of doctors is when there has been a proposal to create a more fair tax system that asked the 0.13% of people to pay a bit more. Suddenly now, the Conservatives are interested in health care. What is not going to help? Conservative cuts will not help. The $200 billion that Liberals have invested, with 26 health agreements, in every province and every territory, is making sure we see progress every day in our health system, from dental care to pharmacare and primary care. What is going to stop that dead in its tracks are the cuts the Conservatives want to bring. Liberals are here to make sure they do not get to do it.
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Context: House Hansard - 331 - Jun/13/24
Mrs. Shelby Kramp-Neuman (Hastings—Lennox and Addington, CPC)
  • Jun/13/24 3:02:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are scrambling, and their facts do not add up. Kneecapping our health care providers to pay for the government's credit card bill is bad fiscal policy and it is bad health care policy. The key to a sound, robust health care system is preventative medicine, ensuring that Canadians get timely access to the health care they need. This not only saves lives but also saves government money. Increasing the tax burden on doctors who carry out this work will only force doctors out of the country. When will the pompous Prime Minister finally listen to the thousands of people on wait-lists?
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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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