(Québec) Le premier ministre François Legault a échoué dans sa tentative d’obtenir le financement fédéral souhaité pour les services de santé.
C’est le constat qu’a fait l’opposition mercredi, au lendemain d’une rencontre entre Justin Trudeau et ses homologues des provinces sur le financement des soins de santé.
Ottawa a offert 46,2 milliards sur dix ans, soit le sixième de ce que les provinces demandaient.
« C’est inacceptable », a tranché le chef de l’opposition officielle, Marc Tanguay, mercredi matin, en mêlée de presse au Parlement.
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Marc Tanguay
« François Legault ne doit pas se déclarer satisfait du résultat. […] He must fight to get our loot in Ottawa. He has to think about the patients on the waiting lists. I see a resigned Prime Minister who does not do enough to get our due. »
According to his colleague, the Liberal spokesperson for health, André Fortin, even the federal government “is not saying that it is a final offer” and the provincial premiers must therefore “raise the tone”.
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Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
“The offer is insulting,” commented the parliamentary leader of Québec solidaire (QS), Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. According to him, Mr. Legault “collapses, he crashes”.
The Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, “must be a little freaked out” by this offer “not only insufficient, but ridiculous”, judged his colleague, the deputy Vincent Marissal.
Just before, the PQ leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, saw the failure of the entire negotiation strategy of François Legault who thinks he can make gains in Canada, without brandishing independence.
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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon
“There is like an acknowledgment of failure. No one could say that the result obtained makes sense. Everyone agreed that: “we will be unable to offer health services in a sustainable way”. »
His colleague Pascal Bérubé, who has known Mr. Legault for a long time, felt resignation in him.
On Tuesday, François Legault described as “clearly insufficient” the “total amount” recommended by Ottawa to increase the Canada Health Transfer (TCS).