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Heather McPherson NDP
“Alberta's new health bill breaks the Canada Health Act. The federal government should not just trust Alberta's premier when she says it is fine. Her goal is to take apart public health care, and the Liberals are looking the other way.”
“Mr. Speaker, I think you were in the chair and the member was across the hall when we had this exact same exchange yesterday. Bill 11 breaks the Canada Health Act; the Canadian Health Coalition has a legal opinion that makes it very clear that it does. Therefore, I do not understand why the Liberal government continues to say, “We have received assurances from the UCP government.” That assurance is not worth anything. Danielle Smith’s mandate, her goal, her priorities and her plan is to dismantle health care, so it is a problem to have one of her ministers say, “Don’t worry, there’s nothing to see here”, and to have the Liberals, either through naivety or a desire to look the other way and not be bothered, say, “Oh, it’s okay, they’ve told us it’s good, so we’re not looking any closer.” It is a problem for my province and for health care across this country.”
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Mr. Speaker, I think you were in the chair and the member was across the hall when we had this exact same exchange yesterday. Bill 11 breaks the Canada Health Act; the Canadian Health Coalition has a legal opinion that makes it very clear that it does. Therefore, I do not understand why the Liberal government continues to say, “We have received assurances from the UCP government.” That assurance is not worth anything. Danielle Smith’s mandate, her goal, her priorities and her plan is to dismantle health care, so it is a problem to have one of her ministers say, “Don’t worry, there’s nothing to see here”, and to have the Liberals, either through naivety or a desire to look the other way and not be bothered, say, “Oh, it’s okay, they’ve told us it’s good, so we’re not looking any closer.” It is a problem for my province and for health care across this country.