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{
"time": "2019-06-17 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood\u2014Transcona, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood\u2014Transcona, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5996584\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, that was not really an answer to the question. It was over 20 years ago that the Liberals first promised pharmacare. They have had three majority governments since then, and their common criticism of the NDP is that we are in too big of a hurry. We are in a hurry. We think it should not have taken 20 years for Canadians to get affordable access to drugs. We are not prepared to apologize for that in the least. We also know, because the science tells us, that preventative access to things like dental care and eye care are less expensive in the long term and improve quality of life. Will they commit today to moving forward on that?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5996584\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, cela ne r\u00e9pondait pas vraiment \u00e0 la question. Il y a plus de 20 ans d\u00e9j\u00e0, les lib\u00e9raux promettaient pour la premi\u00e8re fois un r\u00e9gime d'assurance-m\u00e9dicaments. Ils ont eu trois gouvernements majoritaires depuis, qui ont tous r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9 que le NPD voulait aller trop vite. Oui, nous avons h\u00e2te que les choses bougent. \u00c0 notre avis, les Canadiens n'auraient pas d\u00fb avoir \u00e0 attendre 20 ans pour avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des m\u00e9dicaments \u00e0 prix abordable. Nous n'allons pas nous en excuser le moindrement. Nous savons en outre \u2014 les donn\u00e9es scientifiques sont l\u00e0 pour le d\u00e9montrer \u2014 que l'acc\u00e8s pr\u00e9ventif aux soins dentaires et aux soins de la vue, par exemple, r\u00e9duit les co\u00fbts \u00e0 long terme et am\u00e9liore la qualit\u00e9 de vie des gens. Les lib\u00e9raux vont-ils s'engager aujourd'hui \u00e0 adopter des mesures concr\u00e8tes dans ces domaines? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/6/17/daniel-blaikie-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/daniel-blaikie/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4407/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10712487",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Health",
"fr": "La sant\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/6/17/",
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"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F6%2F17%2F"
}
}