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Tim Watchorn

Liberal on Government Orders

Replying to Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc Québécois)
“Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for his speech. As a member from Quebec, he knows that health and social services need some love, some additional resources, because the needs are dire, whether we are talking about homelessness or frontline services. Could Bill C-31 not have included some good news for Quebec’s health and social services, by removing the cap on federal transfers to the provinces, for example? After all, services are not really delivered by Ottawa, but by Quebec and the provinces. Unfortunately, across Quebec and in the other provinces, there is a problem with financial resources, because the federal government has cut its transfers. Does my colleague think that this would have been a good measure to include in Bill C‑31?”

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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, whom I hold in high regard. She brought up homelessness. This is indeed a problem that was once unheard of in many rural communities, but we are beginning to see it there as well. As we know, budget 2026 will be tabled on Thursday. In light of the announcements made by Quebec and by the federal government, I believe that it will contain measures to address homelessness across Quebec and throughout Canada.