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{
    "time": "2020-10-05 17:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Louise Chabot (Th\u00e9r\u00e8se-De Blainville, BQ)",
        "fr": "Mme Louise Chabot (Th\u00e9r\u00e8se-De Blainville, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6275790\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the hon. member, who is a doctor by training, if I am not mistaken.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6275791\" data-originallang=\"fr\">She knows that when we talk about health and a pandemic or an epidemic, the question is how can we help ourselves. Does she not believe that prevention is just about the only way we can have lasting, sustainable solutions? When it comes to Canadian health transfers, that is exactly the question we are asking. The last great commission of inquiry in Canada was the Romanow commission in 2008. According to its report, the minimum contribution needed to be 25%. A few years later, if the government had assured Quebeckers and the people of the other provinces\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6275790\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je vais poser une question \u00e0 la d\u00e9put\u00e9e qui est aussi m\u00e9decin de formation, si j'ai bien compris.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6275791\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Elle sait comme moi que, quand on parle de sant\u00e9 et de pand\u00e9mie ou d'\u00e9pid\u00e9mie, la question est de savoir comment on peut s'aider. Est-ce qu'elle ne croit pas qu'un m\u00e9canisme de pr\u00e9vention est \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s le seul moyen de s'assurer d'avoir des solutions durables et p\u00e9rennes? En ce qui a trait aux transferts canadiens en sant\u00e9, c'est justement cette question qu'on se pose. La derni\u00e8re grande commission d'enqu\u00eate au Canada \u00e9tait la commission Romanow en 2008. Selon son rapport, il fallait un minimum de 25 %. Quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard, si le gouvernement avait assur\u00e9 aux Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et aux citoyens des autres provinces...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/10/5/louise-chabot-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/louise-chabot/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4519/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10940971",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Speech from the Throne",
        "fr": "Discours du Tr\u00f4ne"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply",
        "fr": "Reprise du d\u00e9bat sur l'Adresse en r\u00e9ponse"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/10/5/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F10%2F5%2F"
    }
}