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Jean-Denis Garon

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Mirabel
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 62%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $216,581.38

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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon
  • May/30/24 7:14:15 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, that is an interesting question. One thing is for certain: If the federal government has money for the provinces to cover more drugs, then perhaps even more drugs could be covered if the money is sent to the provinces and they are given the right to opt out with full compensation so that they can expand programs with existing infrastructure. However, Ottawa has this bad habit of creating structures, bureaucracy and new layers of all sorts of things that cost a lot of money. Then we end up with dental care plans like the Liberal plan that ultimately involves the private sector, which runs counter to the very principle of the Canada Health Act if it were subject to it. That is what we end up with. These are failures after failures. What is the point of all this? It is about campaigning for the Liberals and the NDP.
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • May/18/23 4:23:02 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Conservative Party sometimes insinuates that the Liberal government wanted to legalize all drugs. British Columbia, for example, decriminalized some substances so that people with addictions could be connected to the right resources and get the right care. Would the Conservative solution not end up packing prisons with people who have a serious health problem, thereby reinforcing the social stigmas against these people who need help and who want to quit using?
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