Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2010-04-13 11:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jim Maloway (Elmwood\u2014Transcona, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1870756\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I want to compliment the member on her speech. It was certainly a speech I would have expected from any one of my 37 colleagues in the NDP. She is right on in her analysis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1870757\" data-originallang=\"en\">She talked about health issues, disease prevention, high blood pressure, smoking, and other lifestyle issues in which the government should be actively involved. I am sad to say that the previous Liberal governments that had been in power for many years should have been more active on this file as well, but that does not excuse the lack of action from the Conservatives at this point.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1870758\" data-originallang=\"en\">The fact of the matter is that there are countries, such as England, which pay the doctors based on the doctors getting their patients to live a better lifestyle. In other words, the doctors are paid to get patients to quit smoking as opposed to approaching health on the basis of treating people after they are already sick.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1870759\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have been talking about this probably for 25 years. It is certainly a major issue for the NDP. It is a constant battle to get government to act, to do the right thing and take preemptive action. As the member pointed out, if we were to do that, we would actually save money in the long run. People would be healthier and would live longer as a result. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1870756\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je tiens \u00e0 f\u00e9liciter la d\u00e9put\u00e9e pour son discours. C'est un discours digne de mes 37 coll\u00e8gues du NPD. Son analyse tape dans le mille.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1870757\" data-originallang=\"en\">Elle a parl\u00e9 des probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9, de la pr\u00e9vention des maladies, de l'hypertension, du tabagisme et d'autres probl\u00e8mes li\u00e9s au style de vie que le gouvernement devrait avoir saisis \u00e0 bras-le-corps. Malheureusement, les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents gouvernements lib\u00e9raux qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 au pouvoir pendant plusieurs ann\u00e9es auraient \u00e9galement d\u00fb \u00eatre plus actifs dans ce dossier, mais cela n'excuse pas l'inaction du gouvernement conservateur actuel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1870758\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le fait est que des pays, comme l'Angleterre, paient des primes aux m\u00e9decins dont les patients adoptent un style de vie plus sain. En d'autres termes, au lieu de se faire payer pour soigner des patients une fois qu'ils sont malades, les m\u00e9decins sont pay\u00e9s pour inciter leurs patients \u00e0 arr\u00eater de fumer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1870759\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous en parlons depuis probablement 25 ans. C'est un dossier r\u00e9solument important pour le NPD. Il faut constamment se battre pour que le gouvernement agisse, pour qu'il fasse la bonne chose et fasse de la pr\u00e9vention. Comme l'a soulign\u00e9 la d\u00e9put\u00e9e, si nous le faisions, nous \u00e9conomiserions de l'argent \u00e0 long terme. Les gens seraient en meilleure sant\u00e9 et vivraient donc plus longtemps. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/4/13/jim-maloway-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jim-maloway/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1111/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3086209",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Jobs and Economic Growth Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/4/13/",
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