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Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
February 22, 2023 09:00AM
  • Feb/22/23 4:10:00 p.m.
  • Re: Bill 60 

Do you know what? Usually, I would stand up and say, “Listen, I appreciate the member from Nickel Belt’s remarks,” but today it’s a bit of a different story. I can’t believe she would stand up for an hour and tell, quite frankly—if she wants to use the term “myths”—myths to the people of Ontario—

I’m a proud Canadian myself, Madam Speaker. And you know what? When we talk about places—when we talk about being Canadian, when we talk about making sure we have a strong, publicly funded health care system here in Ontario—Alberta, BC, Quebec already use this model.

I don’t understand how it can be so confusing to members of the opposition. They want to stand up here and they want to fearmonger and they want to say, “Oh, my God, the sky is falling.” But there are multiple other provinces here in Canada that are already doing this—including in the UK, including in Germany, including in other parts of Scandinavia—including in Waterloo region, where TLC laser centres is already performing cataract surgeries in partnership with St. Mary’s hospital—

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