Discussion · Government Orders
Yves Perron Bloc Québécois
“The government is spending more money overall, but it is cutting health funding to the provinces and Quebec. Our people need care and our hospitals need repairs. Quebec only asked to keep its current funding, but the government cut it anyway. I want to know what my colleague thinks about this.”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague’s thoughts on something. How is it possible that a government can find a way to spend more money, much more than before, while cutting funding to the provinces and Quebec, particularly with regard to health transfers? It makes no sense. Our residents need care and our hospitals need renovations. We did not ask for transfers to be increased. We simply asked that they be maintained. The government has even shown a certain degree of contempt, going so far as to cut them. I would like to hear my colleague’s thoughts on that.”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague’s thoughts on something. How is it possible that a government can find a way to spend more money, much more than before, while cutting funding to the provinces and Quebec, particularly with regard to health transfers? It makes no sense. Our residents need care and our hospitals need renovations. We did not ask for transfers to be increased. We simply asked that they be maintained. The government has even shown a certain degree of contempt, going so far as to cut them. I would like to hear my colleague’s thoughts on that.