Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-02-07 13:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon\u2014La Mitis\u2014Matane\u2014Matap\u00e9dia, BQ)",
        "fr": "Mme Kristina Michaud (Avignon\u2014La Mitis\u2014Matane\u2014Matap\u00e9dia, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6916597\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to take part in a debate in the House. I have been asked to give my opinion on the economic and fiscal update. I do not claim to be able to do it as well as my colleague from Joliette did last week, but there are still several elements I would like to address.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916598\" data-originallang=\"fr\">First, no one will be surprised to hear that the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois more or less supports this bill. My colleagues who spoke before me said that it contains good measures. We agree on that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916599\" data-originallang=\"fr\">However, the text of the economic update itself was nothing to write home about. It is a little like the throne speech. It did not contain much, at least not enough to convince us that it was so important that the government had to dissolve Parliament and call an election so that it could have both hands on the wheel. The economic update contains no major reforms and ignores several sectors. In short, there is nothing in it to really reassure us about the future and the economic recovery.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916600\" data-originallang=\"fr\">First, the economic update offers no response to the labour shortage and no solutions for boosting productivity. The labour shortage is probably one of the main issues raised in my riding during the last campaign. Business owners are at the end of their rope because they cannot find anyone to work for them. It is unbelievable that their number one problem is finding workers. When they finally decided to invest in a last-resort solution, the federal government made it harder for them, despite the fact that the logic is simple enough to follow. Difficulty recruiting workers will inevitably affect the growth of our economy. Every business in my region that decided to take the huge step of recruiting internationally and using the immigration process to make up for the labour shortage ran up against one obstacle after another.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916601\" data-originallang=\"fr\">One of those obstacles is related to the percentage of immigrants a business can hire. However, I must admit that progress has been made in this area thanks to a partnership between the governments of Canada and Quebec. A pilot project launched last month raises the current limit of 10% temporary foreign workers per business to 20%. This is definitely good news, especially for farmers, who often need a large number of workers to help with the harvest. However, the measure does not apply to all sectors, even though I am pretty sure that every sector could benefit considerably.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916602\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Quebec government also announced that the temporary foreign worker program would be relaxed to exempt businesses from having to advertise externally and provide proof of their recruitment efforts in Quebec in order to fill positions in certain occupations for which there is a labour shortage. This relaxation of the rules will allow many business to get reinforcements in by hiring temporary foreign workers. The process of getting them to Canada will also be streamlined, according to a recent announcement by Quebec's minister of labour, employment and social solidarity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916603\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It appears that Quebec is being far more proactive in this area than the federal government. It has often been said that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is the federal government\u2019s most dysfunctional department. Our proposal to repatriate all immigration powers to Quebec appears to be more topical than ever, when you see the efforts made by Quebec. I am not saying that everything is perfect, far from it, but at least something is being done, and, unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Ottawa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916604\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Recruiting students is also problematic. Foreign students have to pay a lot of money to access education in Quebec, and then they have to grapple with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and its red tape. Let me explain. When foreign students study in Quebec, some of them move to Ontario after graduating, because then they can get Canadian citizenship faster. This situation is very common and puts Quebec at a serious disadvantage, because we cannot retain the new graduates we need.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916605\" data-originallang=\"fr\">There are solutions, however. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada could, for example, improve coordination efforts with Quebec\u2019s department of education and department of advanced education to facilitate the recognition of diplomas, degrees and equivalences. This might reduce the time it takes to process applications from international students and make sure that they are able to start their programs on time. The federal government could also give priority to the immigration files of applicants who already have a job offer and foster their integration in Quebec by ensuring that the time frame for obtaining Canadian citizenship is the same as in the other provinces. No, that is too complicated for them, and the result is that our entrepreneurs have to lower production, reduce their offerings and, as a result, cut their profits because of labour shortages.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916606\" data-originallang=\"fr\">At the same time, people who want to settle specifically in our province, in Quebec, are being rejected by the federal government. I am not even commenting on the issue of immigrants from French-speaking African countries, who are rejected en masse by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916607\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That is what happened to Aur\u00e9lien, a 29-year-old French-speaking Cameroonian with a degree in mechanical and production engineering from his native country. He enrolled in a diploma of vocational studies program in welding and fitting at the vocational training centre in Matane in my riding. There is a desperate need for welders in Quebec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916608\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Quebec government was very interested in his application and, through \u00c9ducation internationale, offered him a scholarship of excellence to cover his tuition fees. Despite this, an IRCC officer once again refused his application for a study permit. Why? The officer who handled his file said he was not convinced that the student would remain in Canada at the end of his stay. That is unbelievable and it is very unfair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916609\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Aur\u00e9lien is not the only student in this situation. According to Radio-Canada, applications from Cameroon are overwhelmingly rejected by the IRCC. In 2020, 88% of applications from that country were rejected, and the figures are apparently similar for applicants from C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Benin, Algeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Togo.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916610\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Aur\u00e9lien had to give up his dream of living in Quebec. At the same time, the economies of Matane, the Gasp\u00e9, Quebec and Canada are all suffering. We urgently need workers. Why is the federal government being so stubborn? It makes absolutely no sense.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916611\" data-originallang=\"fr\">When our economy is suffering, I think we should find solutions or some way of getting the money that the federal government is letting slip away. I think that measures to fight tax havens would be more than welcome in this context. The <a data-HoCid=\"278943\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">Deputy Prime Minister</a> announced last spring that such measures would be in this economic update. However, they have either been put on the back burner or disappeared completely. I guess this is not important enough to the government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916612\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We are right in the middle of a recovery, and it is difficult to see any federal leadership when it comes to the economy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916613\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Another element is conspicuous for its absence in the economic and fiscal update, namely health transfers. I cannot believe that the government is not yet tired of hearing the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois talk about health transfers, because we have been talking about them for two years. Even last week, the Conservatives and the New Democrats woke up and said that that would be something good to discuss.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916614\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Now all three opposition parties in the House of Commons are calling for action with respect to health transfers, as are the premiers of every province. The annual meeting of the Council of the Federation was held last week, and its members unanimously called on the federal government to do more to help the provinces and territories ensure the survival of the free and public health system. The health care system has been undermined by the impacts of chronic underfunding, which have been exacerbated in the past two years by the COVID\u201119 pandemic.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916615\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Despite that fact, the federal government has categorically refused any increases to health care funding. Although there is growing pressure on the government to immediately pay out $28 billion to cover 35% of costs, indexed at 6% thereafter, the economic update is keeping the Canada transfer indexed at 3% until 2027.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916616\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The government's message is clear but totally oblivious, in my opinion, because the government can see the needs of Quebec's healthcare system as well as we can. It thinks it spent enough last year on the pandemic, so it is refusing to contribute. That is flawed logic. COVID-19 spending was a temporary, one-time expense, whereas the federal underfunding of health care is a permanent problem that has been squeezing Quebec and the provinces financially for years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916617\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Not only is the federal government perpetuating the fiscal imbalance, it is ignoring the lessons it should have learned from the pandemic. If the three opposition parties and the Council of the Federation are not enough to convince the government, it might want to listen to the people who voted it in. After all, MPs are here to represent their constituents.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916618\" data-originallang=\"fr\">A Leger poll released last week revealed that a vast majority of Canadians want the federal government to increase its contribution to health care. Fully 85% of Canadians think it is urgent. Most respondents believe that health is one of the most important issues in Quebec and Canada. Almost four out of five Canadians think that the pandemic has had a large negative impact on the health care system. It could not be more clear.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916619\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I see that I am running out of time. There were, of course, many other topics I could have addressed, but this is really what concerns me right now. I spoke about the labour shortage and immigration issues. Last week, I spoke about employment insurance and our increasingly divided society. That is what concerns us right now, and there is a lot of work to do. Let us get to work.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6916597\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, c'est toujours un plaisir de d\u00e9battre \u00e0 la Chambre. On m'a demand\u00e9 de m'exprimer sur la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique et budg\u00e9taire. Je ne pr\u00e9tends pas pouvoir le faire aussi bien que l'a fait mon coll\u00e8gue de Joliette la semaine derni\u00e8re, mais il y a quand m\u00eame plusieurs \u00e9l\u00e9ments que j'aimerais aborder.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916598\" data-originallang=\"fr\">D'abord, personne ne sera surpris d'entendre que le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois est relativement en faveur de ce projet de loi. Mes coll\u00e8gues l'auront dit avant moi, il contient de bonnes mesures. Nous nous entendons sur ce point.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916599\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Rappelons toutefois que le texte de la mise \u00e0 jour lui-m\u00eame n'a jet\u00e9 personne en bas de sa chaise. Un peu \u00e0 l'image du discours du Tr\u00f4ne, il ne contenait pas grand-chose, du moins pas assez pour nous faire croire qu'il \u00e9tait suffisamment important de dissoudre le Parlement et de d\u00e9clencher des \u00e9lections pour avoir les deux mains sur le volant. On n'y trouve pas de grande r\u00e9forme et plusieurs secteurs ont \u00e9t\u00e9 oubli\u00e9s. Bref, rien ne nous rassure vraiment pour la suite des choses et la relance \u00e9conomique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916600\" data-originallang=\"fr\">D'abord, la mise \u00e0 jour n'offre aucune r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 la p\u00e9nurie de main-d'\u0153uvre ni aucune piste de r\u00e9flexion pour l'augmentation de la productivit\u00e9. La p\u00e9nurie de main-d'\u0153uvre est probablement l'un des sujets qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 le plus abord\u00e9s dans ma circonscription lors de la derni\u00e8re campagne \u00e9lectorale. Les entrepreneurs sont \u00e0 bout de souffle et ne trouvent personne pour faire rouler leur entreprise. Il est assez incroyable que leur pr\u00e9occupation num\u00e9ro un soit de trouver des gens pour travailler. Quand ils se d\u00e9cident finalement \u00e0 investir dans une solution de dernier recours, le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral leur met des b\u00e2tons dans les roues, alors que la logique est plut\u00f4t simple \u00e0 comprendre. La difficult\u00e9 de recruter du personnel affecte in\u00e9vitablement la croissance de notre \u00e9conomie. Chaque entreprise de ma r\u00e9gion qui a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d'embarquer dans la grande aventure du recrutement \u00e0 l'international et du processus d'immigration pour pallier le manque de main-d'\u0153uvre a d\u00fb faire face \u00e0 des obstacles, l'un apr\u00e8s l'autre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916601\" data-originallang=\"fr\">L'un de ces obstacles \u00e9tait reli\u00e9 au pourcentage de personnes issues de l'immigration qu'une entreprise peut recevoir. Toutefois, je dois vraiment le saluer, des progr\u00e8s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9s sur ce plan gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un partenariat entre Qu\u00e9bec et Ottawa. Un projet pilote entr\u00e9 en vigueur le mois dernier permet de relever la limite actuelle de 10 % des travailleurs \u00e9trangers temporaires au sein des entreprises \u00e0 20 %. C'est vraiment une bonne nouvelle, notamment pour les producteurs agricoles qui ont bien souvent besoin de plusieurs travailleurs pour les aider avec les r\u00e9coltes. Il faut cependant dire que la mesure ne s'applique pas \u00e0 tous les secteurs, alors que je suis pas mal certaine que tous les secteurs pourraient grandement en b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916602\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Qu\u00e9bec a \u00e9galement annonc\u00e9 un assouplissement au Programme des travailleurs \u00e9trangers temporaires permettant aux entreprises d'\u00eatre exempt\u00e9es de l'affichage externe et de la d\u00e9monstration des efforts de recrutement au Qu\u00e9bec pour pourvoir des postes li\u00e9s \u00e0 certaines professions en d\u00e9ficit de main-d'\u0153uvre. Cet assouplissement permettra \u00e0 plusieurs entreprises d'obtenir du renfort par l'embauche de travailleurs \u00e9trangers temporaires. Les d\u00e9marches pour les faire venir au Canada seront \u00e9galement plus rapides, selon ce qu'annon\u00e7ait tout r\u00e9cemment le ministre du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarit\u00e9 sociale du Qu\u00e9bec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916603\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il semble donc que Qu\u00e9bec soit beaucoup plus proactif qu'Ottawa dans ce dossier. On le dit souvent, Immigration, R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et Citoyennet\u00e9 Canada est probablement le minist\u00e8re le plus dysfonctionnel du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. Notre proposition de rapatrier tous les pouvoirs d'immigration \u00e0 Qu\u00e9bec semble plus actuelle que jamais quand on voit les efforts qui sont faits du c\u00f4t\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec. Je ne dis pas que tout est parfait, loin de l\u00e0, mais il y a au moins des choses qui bougent, et on ne peut malheureusement pas en dire autant pour Ottawa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916604\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il y a aussi toute la question du recrutement des \u00e9tudiants qui pose probl\u00e8me. Les \u00e9tudiants \u00e9trangers doivent d\u00e9bourser un montant consid\u00e9rable pour se faire former au Qu\u00e9bec, puis ils doivent faire face aux d\u00e9dales administratifs du minist\u00e8re f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de l'Immigration, des R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et de la Citoyennet\u00e9. Je m'explique. Quand nos \u00e9coles r\u00e9ussissent \u00e0 former des \u00e9tudiants d'origine \u00e9trang\u00e8re, certains d\u00e9m\u00e9nagent du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l'Ontario une fois leur formation termin\u00e9e, parce que c'est plus rapide d'obtenir leur citoyennet\u00e9 canadienne. Cette situation courante d\u00e9favorise grandement le Qu\u00e9bec, parce qu'on n\u2019est pas capable de retenir la rel\u00e8ve conforme et dont on a besoin. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916605\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourtant, les solutions existent. Le minist\u00e8re f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de l'Immigration, des R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et de la Citoyennet\u00e9 pourrait, par exemple, mieux se coordonner avec le minist\u00e8re de l'\u00c9ducation du Qu\u00e9bec et le minist\u00e8re de l'Enseignement sup\u00e9rieur du Qu\u00e9bec pour favoriser la reconnaissance des dipl\u00f4mes et des \u00e9quivalences. Cela pourrait r\u00e9duire les d\u00e9lais de traitement des demandes des \u00e9tudiants internationaux et assurer qu'ils sont en mesure de d\u00e9buter leur formation \u00e0 temps. Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral pourrait aussi traiter en priorit\u00e9 les dossiers d'immigration de candidats qui ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 en main une offre d'emploi et favoriser leur int\u00e9gration au Qu\u00e9bec en s'assurant que le d\u00e9lai pour devenir citoyen canadien est le m\u00eame que dans les autres provinces. Or non, cela semble trop compliqu\u00e9, et le r\u00e9sultat est que nos entrepreneurs doivent r\u00e9duire leur production, r\u00e9duire leur offre et donc r\u00e9duire leurs profits \u00e0 cause du manque de personnel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916606\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pendant ce temps, des gens qui voulaient sp\u00e9cifiquement s'installer chez nous, au Qu\u00e9bec, se font dire non par le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. Je n'aborde m\u00eame pas la question des \u00e9tudiants provenant de l'Afrique francophone, qui voient leurs demandes massivement refus\u00e9es par Immigration, R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et Citoyennet\u00e9 Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916607\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'est le cas d'Aur\u00e9lien, un Camerounais de 29 ans, parfaitement francophone et dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 en g\u00e9nie m\u00e9canique et productique au Cameroun. Il s\u2019est inscrit au Centre de formation professionnelle de Matane, dans ma circonscription, pour y obtenir un dipl\u00f4me d\u2019\u00e9tudes professionnelles en soudage-montage. La soudure est un domaine o\u00f9 le manque de main-d'\u0153uvre est criant, au Qu\u00e9bec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916608\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Sa candidature a d\u2019ailleurs s\u00e9duit le gouvernement du Qu\u00e9bec, lequel, par le biais d'\u00c9ducation internationale, lui a offert une bourse d\u2019excellence l\u2019exemptant des droits de scolarit\u00e9. Malgr\u00e9 cela, sa candidature \u00e0 un permis d\u2019\u00e9tude a de nouveau \u00e9t\u00e9 refus\u00e9e par un agent d\u2019IRCC. Quelle en est la raison? L\u2019agent qui a trait\u00e9 son dossier dit ne pas \u00eatre convaincu que l\u2019\u00e9tudiant quittera le Canada \u00e0 la fin de son s\u00e9jour. C\u2019est assez incroyable et c'est une injustice.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916609\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il n\u2019est pas le seul \u00e0 vivre cette situation-l\u00e0. Selon Radio-Canada, les demandes qui proviennent du Cameroun sont massivement rejet\u00e9es par IRCC. En 2020, on parlait de 88 % de refus pour ce pays et les chiffres seraient similaires pour les demandeurs en provenance de la C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, du B\u00e9nin, de l\u2019Alg\u00e9rie, de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo et du Togo. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916610\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Aur\u00e9lien doit donc renoncer \u00e0 son r\u00eave de vivre au Qu\u00e9bec. Pendant ce temps, c\u2019est aussi l\u2019\u00e9conomie de Matane, de la Gasp\u00e9sie, du Qu\u00e9bec et du Canada en entier qui en souffre. On a besoin de main-d\u2019\u0153uvre de fa\u00e7on assez criante. Pourquoi le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral s\u2019ent\u00eate-t-il? C\u2019est \u00e0 n'y rien comprendre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916611\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quand notre \u00e9conomie souffre, il me semble qu\u2019on devrait y trouver des solutions ou une fa\u00e7on d\u2019aller chercher l\u2019argent qui \u00e9chappe au f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. Il me semble que des mesures de lutte contre les paradis fiscaux seraient plus que les bienvenues dans ce contexte-ci. La <a data-HoCid=\"278943\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">vice-premi\u00e8re ministre</a> avait annonc\u00e9 le printemps dernier que ces mesures seraient dans la pr\u00e9sente mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique. Cependant, elles sont repouss\u00e9es, sinon carr\u00e9ment disparues des radars. Il faut croire que ce n\u2019est pas suffisamment important pour le gouvernement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916612\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On est en plein c\u0153ur de la relance et il est difficile de distinguer un leadership de la part d\u2019Ottawa en mati\u00e8re \u00e9conomique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916613\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Un autre \u00e9l\u00e9ment brille par son absence dans cette mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique et budg\u00e9taire. C\u2019est le transfert en sant\u00e9. Je ne peux pas croire que le gouvernement ne commence pas \u00e0 ne plus \u00eatre capable d\u2019entendre les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois parler de ce sujet-l\u00e0 puisque cela fait deux ans que nous ne faisons que \u00e7a. M\u00eame la semaine pass\u00e9e, les conservateurs et les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates se sont r\u00e9veill\u00e9s et se sont dit que c\u2019\u00e9tait un bon cheval de bataille.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916614\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Ce sont donc maintenant les trois partis d\u2019opposition \u00e0 la Chambre des communes qui le r\u00e9clament, ainsi que les premiers ministres de chacune des provinces. La r\u00e9union annuelle du Conseil de la f\u00e9d\u00e9ration se tenait justement la semaine derni\u00e8re et ses membres r\u00e9it\u00e8rent de fa\u00e7on unanime au gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral leur demande qu'il en fasse plus pour aider les provinces et les territoires \u00e0 maintenir en vie le syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 public et gratuit. Ce dernier a \u00e9t\u00e9 largement mis \u00e0 mal par un sous-financement chronique, dont les cons\u00e9quences ont \u00e9t\u00e9 exacerb\u00e9es ces deux derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, notamment \u00e0 cause de la pand\u00e9mie de la COVID\u201119.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916615\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Malgr\u00e9 cela, on se bute \u00e0 un refus cat\u00e9gorique de toute augmentation du financement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral des soins de sant\u00e9. M\u00eame si la pression est de plus en plus forte pour un paiement imm\u00e9diat de 28 milliards de dollars pour couvrir 35 % des co\u00fbts, puis une indexation de 6 %, la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique maintient l\u2019indexation du transfert canadien \u00e0 3 %, et ce, jusqu\u2019en 2027.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916616\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le message du gouvernement est clair et il est \u00e0 mon avis assez insensible, parce que ce dernier voit autant que nous les besoins du syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois. Parce qu\u2019il juge avoir suffisamment d\u00e9pens\u00e9 l\u2019an dernier pour la pand\u00e9mie, cependant, il refuse d'apporter sa contribution. Or, c\u2019est un raisonnement bancal. En effet, les d\u00e9penses li\u00e9es \u00e0 la pand\u00e9mie de COVID\u201119 \u00e9taient uniques et temporaires, tandis que le sous-financement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de la sant\u00e9 est un probl\u00e8me permanent qui \u00e9trangle les finances du Qu\u00e9bec et des provinces depuis des ann\u00e9es. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916617\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Non seulement Ottawa perp\u00e9tue le d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre fiscal, mais il fait fi des le\u00e7ons qu\u2019il aurait d\u00fb tirer de la pand\u00e9mie. Si les trois partis d\u2019opposition et le Conseil de la f\u00e9d\u00e9ration ne suffisent pas \u00e0 convaincre le gouvernement, ce dernier pourrait tendre l\u2019oreille \u00e0 la population qui l\u2019a \u00e9lu. Apr\u00e8s tout, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s sont ici pour repr\u00e9senter leur monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916618\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le sondage L\u00e9ger d\u00e9voil\u00e9 la semaine derni\u00e8re montre qu\u2019une forte majorit\u00e9 de Canadiens souhaite que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral augmente sa part du financement en sant\u00e9. C\u2019est 85 % des Canadiens et ils pensent que c\u2019est urgent. La majorit\u00e9 de la population sond\u00e9e croit que la sant\u00e9 est l\u2019un des dossiers les plus importants au Qu\u00e9bec et au Canada. Pr\u00e8s de quatre Canadiens sur cinq pensent que la pand\u00e9mie a eu d\u2019importantes r\u00e9percussions n\u00e9gatives sur le syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9. Cela ne pourrait \u00eatre plus clair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6916619\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je vois qu\u2019il ne me reste pas beaucoup de temps. J\u2019aurais pu bien \u00e9videmment aborder une multitude d\u2019autres sujets, mais c\u2019est r\u00e9ellement ce qui me pr\u00e9occupe pour le moment. J\u2019ai parl\u00e9 des probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e9nurie de main-d\u2019\u0153uvre et d\u2019immigration. La semaine derni\u00e8re, j\u2019ai parl\u00e9 des probl\u00e8mes d\u2019assurance-emploi et des divisions qu\u2019on voit de plus en plus dans notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9. C\u2019est cela qui nous pr\u00e9occupe en ce moment et il y a beaucoup de travail \u00e0 faire. Mettons-nous donc au travail.</p>"
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        "en": "Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021",
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