Posted November 12
Federal bad faith
I am for an unconditional transfer. Health is the responsibility of Quebec. The federal government is not even competent enough to effectively manage its own responsibilities (borders, immigration, passports, icebreakers, tax fraud or avoidance, payroll of its employees, etc.) and it continues to want to encroach on the responsibilities of the provinces. And usually, it succeeds by relying on provinces like Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island with populations smaller than Quebec City. The Canadian government is a government of bad faith. He advocates diversity, respect for others, but does not practice this respect towards the provinces and especially not Quebec.
R. Paul Masse
Our taxes
The federal government must not impose these conditions on us for the transfer of health money to Quebec. The money he has, we Quebecers sent it to him through our taxes.
Denis Gaudreault
essential track
It is clear that we must aim for optimal quality of care for all citizens in Canada and it is not by protecting everyone’s private domain that we will achieve this. The provinces are trying to create huge surpluses that are used to give checks to citizens at chosen times. Sharing information about patients as quickly as possible seems to be an essential avenue in a better health care offer.
Leonce Losier
viscerally against
No to the conditions of the federal government. If so, let him manage health himself in the provinces! Ridiculous, this centralization on the part of Ottawa. I am viscerally against it.
Maurice Marcotte, Quebec
Missing out on solutions
A common data system is an excellent idea whose benefits for the population far outweigh the disadvantages, which only irritate the provincial ministers. Once again, it seems that we are missing out on solutions that would finally make it possible to move forward, just so as not to upset small administrative powers. We are not out of the woods…
Lucie Chagnon, Montreal
Dinosaurs
It is high time to computerize data in the health care system in Canada. If such is the request of the federal government while the dinosaurs sit down to eat, because I do not believe that a single Canadian can be against this advancement which could save lives.
Jean Guy Richer
Interprovincial solidarity
All provinces disagree with the federal requirements. In Quebec, we have a Minister of Health who is quite capable of effectively managing the budget. Let’s just hope that the federal government won’t scam again this time to isolate Quebec and that the other provinces will show solidarity!
Philip Vita
vital data
The sharing of medical data is an obligation for any self-respecting system. If you have been to a hospital lately, you may see the same question being asked multiple times in different departments. We don’t know if you’ve had a blood test elsewhere, we don’t have access to this information anyway, it’s an aberration. How can we govern without data? How can we analyze treatments without data on them? How do you know if a drug is valid if you don’t have data on it? We have to stop seeing doctors as gods and work with whole systems.
Yves Archambault, Data Systems Analyst
Beyond federal jurisdiction
The federal government has no jurisdiction over health care and must restore health transfers to historic levels, without any conditions. The Trudeau government is already having trouble managing immigration applications, analyzing refugee applications and even issuing passports, so how can it want to control the health care provided by the provinces? To ask the question is to answer it.
Lawrence Tremblay
For a free and accessible service
Yes, I agree, particularly for a national data collection system. The federal government should not be a simple ATM. The Canada Health Act exists and Canada must offer a free and accessible service everywhere in the country!
Lucie Carignan, Sorel-Tracy
Money should be used for health
Federal health care money should not be used for anything else, such as giving checks.
Francine Cyr
Tribal wars
The condition of data sharing is sensible and responsible considering that the life and health of Canadians and Quebecers depend on it! We are very late compared to other industrialized countries and our doctors have been asking for it for ages. To oppose just to oppose, to be stubborn, is counter-productive. It is disappointing to see that political and tribal wars are perpetuated to the detriment of the efficiency of our health care system. This reaction pays little attention to the intelligence of voters. If the federal government misuses the data, there will always be time to react. Are governments not re-elected or expelled every four years? To say that not so long ago, these two belligerents successfully collaborated to fight a common enemy: the COVID-19 virus. So the pandemic hasn’t taught them anything about the strength of teamwork?
Ghislaine Nadeau