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{
"time": "2021-12-14 17:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Rh\u00e9al Fortin (Rivi\u00e8re-du-Nord, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Rh\u00e9al Fortin (Rivi\u00e8re-du-Nord, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6880766\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, this is unbelievable. Quebec has problems in its health care system. Quebec and the provinces unanimously called for a payment of $28 billion with a 6% escalator to cover up to 35% of total spending. However, there is nothing in today's announcement about that. The Minister of Finance is telling us that the government will work on helping, but the minister is not doing that at all.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880767\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The same thing goes for seniors. They are paying 7% more for their groceries. What did they get from the federal government? A single cheque. Meanwhile, Quebec and the provinces are unanimously calling for a recurring increase in old age security. The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois is asking for a recurring increase of $110 per month. However, in addition to offering no recurring increase, the federal government has created two categories of seniors: those age 65 to 75, and those age 75 and over.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880768\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The government seems exhausted. The labour shortage needs to be addressed, but we have no measures to address it. On one small street in my riding, four restaurants and a clothing store have closed down.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880769\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Bloc brought forward the \u00c9milie Sansfa\u00e7on bill to help sick people, such as those fighting cancer, who get only 15 weeks of EI sickness benefits, while all other claimants get 52 weeks.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880770\" data-originallang=\"fr\">These are all critical issues. I do not know about my colleague, the leader of the official opposition, but as far as I am concerned, today's economic statement completely misses the mark. Needs are not being met and it is incredible how exhausted this government is, having just been elected.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6880766\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est incroyable. Le Qu\u00e9bec a des probl\u00e8mes dans son syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9. Les provinces et le Qu\u00e9bec ont demand\u00e9 \u00e0 l'unanimit\u00e9 un versement de 28 milliards de dollars, puis une indexation de 6 % jusqu'\u00e0 concurrence de 35 % des co\u00fbts totaux. Cependant, l'annonce d'aujourd'hui ne contient rien \u00e0 ce sujet. La ministre des Finances nous dit que le gouvernement va travailler pour aider, mais la ministre ne le fait pas du tout.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880767\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> C'est la m\u00eame chose pour les personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es, elles paient 7 % de plus pour leur panier d'\u00e9picerie. Qu'ont\u2011elles du f\u00e9d\u00e9ral? Un ch\u00e8que unique. Pourtant, le Qu\u00e9bec et les provinces demandent \u00e0 l'unanimit\u00e9 une augmentation r\u00e9currente des pensions de retraite. Au Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, nous demandons une augmentation r\u00e9currente de 110 $ par mois. Cependant, en plus de n'offrir aucune augmentation r\u00e9currente, le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral a divis\u00e9 les a\u00een\u00e9s en deux cat\u00e9gories: ceux \u00e2g\u00e9s de 65 \u00e0 75 ans, et ceux de 75 ans et plus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880768\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le gouvernement semble \u00e9puis\u00e9. La p\u00e9nurie de main-d'\u0153uvre doit \u00eatre combattue, mais il n'y a aucune mesure pour s'y attaquer. Sur un petit bout de rue dans ma circonscription, quatre restaurants et un magasin de v\u00eatements ont ferm\u00e9 leurs portes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880769\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le Bloc avait d\u00e9pos\u00e9 le projet de loi \u00ab \u00c9milie Sansfa\u00e7on \u00bb pour aider les malades, comme ceux combattant un cancer, qui ne re\u00e7oivent que 15 semaines de prestations d'assurance maladie de l'assurance\u2011emploi, alors que tous les autres prestataires re\u00e7oivent 52 semaines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880770\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Tous ces probl\u00e8mes sont criants. Je ne sais pas ce que mon coll\u00e8gue le chef de l'opposition officielle en pense, mais, en ce qui me concerne, l'\u00e9nonc\u00e9 \u00e9conomique d'aujourd'hui rate compl\u00e8tement la cible. Les besoins ne sont pas combl\u00e9s et il est incroyable de voir \u00e0 quel point ce gouvernement est \u00e9puis\u00e9 alors qu'il vient tout juste d'\u00eatre \u00e9lu.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2021/12/14/rheal-fortin-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/rheal-fortin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4479/",
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"source_id": "11463050",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Economic and Fiscal Update 2021",
"fr": "La mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique et budg\u00e9taire de 2021"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2021/12/14/",
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}