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{
"time": "2026-05-29 11:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Gabriel Hardy (Montmorency\u2014Charlevoix, CPC)",
"fr": "Gabriel Hardy (Montmorency\u2014Charlevoix, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9368663\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, Canadians like Noelle, Richard, Christiane and Aaron all ask me the same question: Why do asylum seekers, even those whose applications have been rejected and who should no longer be in the country, have access to free health care when taxpayers do not even have a family doctor? The interim federal health program has grown from $211 million a year to $1.5 billion in less than 10 years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9368664\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Does the <a data-HoCid=\"318691\" href=\"/politicians/lena-metlege-diab/\" title=\"Lena Metlege Diab\">Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship</a> think it is acceptable to give free health care to non-residents while some Quebeckers do not even have access to a doctor?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9368663\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, des citoyens comme Noelle, Richard, Christiane et Aaron me posent tous la m\u00eame question: pourquoi des demandeurs d'asile, m\u00eame ceux \u00e0 qui on a refus\u00e9 de rester sur le sol canadien et qui ne devraient plus \u00eatre ici, ont acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des soins de sant\u00e9 gratuits alors que les contribuables n'ont m\u00eame pas de m\u00e9decin de famille? Le Programme f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de sant\u00e9 int\u00e9rimaire est pass\u00e9 de 211 millions de dollars par ann\u00e9e \u00e0 1,5 milliard de dollars en moins de 10 ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9368664\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Est-ce que la <a data-HoCid=\"318691\" href=\"/politicians/lena-metlege-diab/\" title=\"Lena Metlege Diab\">ministre de l\u2019Immigration, des R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et de la Citoyennet\u00e9</a> trouve \u00e7a acceptable de donner des soins de sant\u00e9 gratuits \u00e0 des non-r\u00e9sidents pendant qu'il y a des Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois qui n'ont m\u00eame pas acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un m\u00e9decin?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/29/gabriel-hardy-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gabriel-hardy/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4710/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13535497",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship",
"fr": "L'immigration, les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la citoyennet\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/5/29/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F5%2F29%2F"
}
}