Bill C-213

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-213, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (cessation of refugee protection). Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce a private member's bill to repeal the unjust and unfair Conservative la…

Government Orders

…and dental care. This is even more so due to the fact that, in the 43rd Parliament, when it came to Bill C-213, introduced by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby, and a motion on dental care, which was introduced by former MP Jack Harris, that member and the entire Liberal caucus voted against those measur…

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…e with a rare disease are some of the most needy patients in Canada. As I said during the debate on Bill C-213 back in 2021, the hardest medication to get in Canada is the one that is not approved and not available because the manufacturer will say that Canada is too complicated, too difficult and it is not w…

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…o the industry and ask it to lower the rates, while the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby has Bill C-213, a bill that is ready to go. It is a real, meaningful bill that would include amending the Criminal Code to lower the maximum legal interest rate from 60% to 30% and that would include the calculatio…

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…e bill, even while recognizing that it had the right to do so. I will give another example, that of Bill C-213, an act to enact the Canada pharmacare act, which was introduced by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby and voted on by the House at second reading on February 24, 2021. This bill basically create…

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-213, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate). Mr. Speaker, it is very important to introduce this long overdue legislation to end predatory lending in Canada. I would like to thank my …

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…king sure that we actually put into place the programs Canadians need. Members will recall I tabled Bill C-213, the Canada pharmacare act, ably supported by my colleagues for Vancouver Kingsway and Vancouver East. We brought that to a vote with the support of 100,000 Canadians who had written to their members…

Adjournment Proceedings

…e access to a Lamborghini, right? The cynical nonsense has to stop. In February, this House debated Bill C-213, sponsored by the NDP member for New Westminster—Burnaby, which would have created a national pharmacare act. In a survey conducted by the Angus Reid Institute, nearly nine in 10 Canadians support a …

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… put into place, yet when the NDP came forward with a similar legislative framework in a version of Bill C-213 to set up pharmacare, the Liberals voted against it. Why was that? Second, when can constituents in my riding and across Canada expect to see action on pharmacare, so that working families are no lon…

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…he minister to engage with the provinces to get child care up and running. However, when it came to Bill C-213, which was NDP legislation to set up a legislative framework for establishing a national pharmacare system, the Liberals voted against it. It seems as though the goal posts are shifting. Could the me…

Orders of the Day

…litics. He saw Jack Layton's climate change bill killed in the Senate. He saw his most recent bill, Bill C-213, voted down by the Liberals who profess to have an interest in pharmacare. When it comes to things such as tackling climate change, health care and poverty, our approach has always been that those in…

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…em. How much longer will Canadians have to wait? The Liberals had an opportunity with their vote on Bill C-213 to set up a framework modelled on the Canada Health Act, but cynically voted against that opportunity. I am wondering how many more years Canadians will have to vote for this critical part of our hea…

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…ile is: Why go all the way when we can go only go half the way? We saw that with their vote against Bill C-213, brought in by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby, on something that was based on their own report and that would follow the principles of the Canada Health Act. We have another proposal to bring…

Oral Questions

…als first made their pharmacare promise 24 years ago, but two days ago they cynically voted against Bill C-213, which would have established a national pharmacare framework modelled on the Canada Health Act. Why do the Liberals consistently raise the hopes of working families, only to crush them when the time…

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-213 under Private Members' Business. Call in the members.

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from February 17 consideration of the motion that Bill C-213, An Act to enact the Canada Pharmacare Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Private Members' Business

…ent, by phoning their member of Parliament and by telling their member of Parliament to vote yes on Bill C-213. During this debate, we have seen a number of facts come to light. We were made aware, through this debate, that millions of Canadians have no access to a drug plan. They have to struggle to pay for …

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to speak in support of Bill C-213, sponsored by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby. This bill is historic. It is a bill that would give us the potential to make history by finally getting pharmacare to Canadians who so desperatel…

Private Members' Business

…dealing with cystic fibrosis, with SMA and with cystinosis are other ones. The list goes on and on. Bill C-213 is a solution looking to address the wrong problem. The problem is access, and access is what I want to talk about this evening. I have gone through the speech by the member for New Westminster—Burna…

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to address Bill C-213. As all members know, I firmly support national universal pharmacare and the government knows that pharmacare is the missing piece of universal health care in the country. Pharmacare must remain a pr…