“Quebec is facing serious problems from high tariffs on softwood lumber and aluminum. This economic update does nothing to help those industries. I want to know if my colleague thinks that is acceptable.”

“Mr. Speaker, my colleague ended his speech by saying that he is pleased that Atlantic Canada was heard in the economic update. I can tell him that I am sad that Quebec was not heard. Quebec is grappling with the worst of the tariff crisis. The two sectors with the highest tariffs are softwood lumber and aluminum, and there is absolutely nothing for these sectors in the economic update, even though it was supposed to respond to the crisis we are currently facing. Does my colleague think that is acceptable?”

“Federal health care funding is not increasing fast enough to cover rising costs, especially as the population gets older. That funding increase could drop even lower in a few years, while health systems are already struggling. I want to know what my colleague thinks about this.”

“Mr. Speaker, currently, the government has set the increase in health transfers at 5%, which is clearly insufficient because system costs are rising, due to population aging, at a rate closer to 6%. The government has not locked in the increase in health transfers, which means that, by 2027-28, it could drop to 2% or 3%, even though the health care systems in Quebec and other provinces are already struggling. I would like to hear my colleague’s thoughts on that.”

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