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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for listening to Depictions Media Radio. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>Policy and Rights we show. Okay, welcomer Policy, Human Joys.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to Policy and right here Depictions Media Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your host, my clogs. All right, So in this

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<v Speaker 1>next episode, what we are going to hear and discuss, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we're still kind of stuck on the Donald Trump thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're gonna we're gonna hear comments from Melanie Jolie

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<v Speaker 1>about showing up borders as as anyone in the world

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<v Speaker 1>knows that the longest and most unprotected border between countries

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<v Speaker 1>in the world is between the US and Canada. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>and that because is there because of kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>symbiotic kind of relationship to Canada and the United States

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<v Speaker 1>actually have. Well, mister Trump wants to wants to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of end that relationship. He wants he wants more protection

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<v Speaker 1>across that border, and he wants Canada to actually pay

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<v Speaker 1>for that protection to be there. He wants to ensure

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<v Speaker 1>that there will be no illegal drugs, there will be

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<v Speaker 1>no illegal immigrants, which there is virtually none of matter

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<v Speaker 1>of fact, if the illegal drugs crossing that border actually

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<v Speaker 1>come from the United States into Canada, I know that

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<v Speaker 1>if I go to a certain point in near where

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<v Speaker 1>I live, that I can watch what. I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>need binoculars to see them dropping the illegal fitanol, cocaine,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever the substance is into the water just south the

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<v Speaker 1>beach and see another little boat go out and bring

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<v Speaker 1>it back into Canada. In which case we hear about

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<v Speaker 1>in Surrey, BC, these large seizures of weapon caches and

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<v Speaker 1>illegal drugs that actually were smuggled in from the United

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<v Speaker 1>States into Canada, not the other way around. Mister Trump

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<v Speaker 1>needs to actually get his facts straight. He needs to

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<v Speaker 1>actually get his figures correct, because he would find that

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<v Speaker 1>he's more of a detriment to Canada than Canada is

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<v Speaker 1>to the United States. Anyway, we're going to continue and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to listen to what Jolie and has to say,

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<v Speaker 1>because what she is trying to do is circumvent or

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<v Speaker 1>prevent terrorists from happening. And she's she's going at this

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<v Speaker 1>as as a diplomat, which she is a great diplomat.

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<v Speaker 1>She knows what she's doing. When when with diplomacy, she

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<v Speaker 1>knows how to negotiate with political and government officials, well,

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<v Speaker 1>there's where the problem begins. When dealing with Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>because he's neither of those. He may be sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>the seat of the president of the United States, he

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<v Speaker 1>may be in the oval office, but he knows he

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<v Speaker 1>knows nothing about diplomacy, and he knows nothing about truly

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<v Speaker 1>running a government. He knows nothing about compassion for people.

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<v Speaker 1>All he knows is I want my way, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to do whatever it takes to get my way.

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<v Speaker 1>And trying to deal with him on a as as

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<v Speaker 1>a reasonable person is probably gonna be a mistake. But

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna hear comments from from Melanie Jolie as she's

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<v Speaker 1>also talking about trying to circumvent mister Trump by using

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that each and every governor has power to

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<v Speaker 1>either accept or deny what the federal government is actually doing.

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<v Speaker 1>When when it comes to dealing with with uh with

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<v Speaker 1>sources from outside the country, they have the right to

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<v Speaker 1>to circumvent the tariff at at a state level when

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<v Speaker 1>the products alive arrive into their particular state. So there

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<v Speaker 1>she is actually trying to deal with with some things

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<v Speaker 1>that way. Also, she is also trying to deal with

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<v Speaker 1>homeland security and the fact that they want to keep

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<v Speaker 1>that border between the US and Canada demilitarize. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to see a lot of military action or any

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<v Speaker 1>of those sort of things happen on that border. One

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<v Speaker 1>parts of that border, uh is is deep inside of

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<v Speaker 1>forested areas and make making it very hard to to

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<v Speaker 1>to use human beings to patrol the area. They have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of electronic devices and things like that to

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<v Speaker 1>actually monitor what is happening along that border, and if

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<v Speaker 1>you do something illegal along along there, it does actually

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<v Speaker 1>come up on either side of that there would be

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<v Speaker 1>trouble on the way. So it isn't an unprotected It

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<v Speaker 1>is a demilitarized border, but it is not an unprotected border.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is the thing to remember is that there

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<v Speaker 1>are a lot of devices, satellites and things like that

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<v Speaker 1>that are actually monitoring that border and keeping it under control.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're also going to hear from the Green Party

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<v Speaker 1>as there is a co leadership situation happening there. Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 1>Green Party and they have a lot of initiatives that

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<v Speaker 1>would protect our environment as well as increase our commerce

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<v Speaker 1>so that hey, Canada becomes the country it's supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be the Canada of Great Commerce, the Canada of great compassion,

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<v Speaker 1>the Canada of great environment, the Canada that looks out

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<v Speaker 1>for every life that is on our planet. So with that,

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<v Speaker 1>why don't we start with Melanie Jolie and then we

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<v Speaker 1>will eventually lead into Elizabeth May and Jonathan and as

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<v Speaker 1>they talk about the Green Party and its future. And

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<v Speaker 1>as a sidebar, we're actually going to hear from Ontario

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<v Speaker 1>where they are talking about new healthcare amendments it and

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<v Speaker 1>how their healthcare system is not leaving anyone behind.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, everybody, San David McGuinty. So we just came out

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<v Speaker 2>of another very important Canada US meeting UH and our

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<v Speaker 2>two objectives were the same. First to work on preventing

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<v Speaker 2>tariffs and second working also on our response should there

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<v Speaker 2>be tariffs. When it comes to the first point on

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<v Speaker 2>preventing tariffs, first and foremost, our objective is to make

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<v Speaker 2>sure that we prevent tariffs and we believe that we

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<v Speaker 2>can do so. How can we do so? We will

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<v Speaker 2>continue to engage with our different American counterparts. I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>heading to Washington to meet Marco Rubio on Wednesday, and

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<v Speaker 2>also I'll be in contact and I've been in contact

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<v Speaker 2>with Tom Holman, the borders are of President Trump. David

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<v Speaker 2>and I are having conversations with Tom Holman shortly, and

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<v Speaker 2>we know that President Trump has been referring a lot

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<v Speaker 2>to the border. Again, we have a very good border plan.

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<v Speaker 2>It is being implemented, and David will be able to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you about the latest on this front. When

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to our trade relationship, also, of course, we

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<v Speaker 2>know that the US has a surplus with US if

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<v Speaker 2>we don't take into account our energy exports, which are

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<v Speaker 2>driven by the US demand. So at this point, the

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<v Speaker 2>trade surplus that the US has with US is around

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<v Speaker 2>sixty billion dollars, which includes goods and services. We are

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<v Speaker 2>the largest export market for thirty six states of the

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<v Speaker 2>United States, and we're still the biggest customer to the US.

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<v Speaker 2>So Canada is the biggest customer to the US. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's for the first point, which is preventing tariffs. When

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the second point of our response, we

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<v Speaker 2>will be ready for day one, and we've been saying

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<v Speaker 2>that and we are ready. I'll be talking this week

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<v Speaker 2>to the British Foreign Minister. I'll be also talking to

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<v Speaker 2>key European foreign ministers. I've been in constant contact with.

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<v Speaker 2>Also my Mexican counterpart. And our objective, as I said,

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<v Speaker 2>has been and will continue to be to prevent teriffs.

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<v Speaker 3>Tariff and David pre.

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<v Speaker 4>Cool Good morning everyone. So our objective, as the Minister

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<v Speaker 4>has just said, is to prevent any kind of tariffs

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<v Speaker 4>forthcoming from the United States administration, and so we're working

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<v Speaker 4>very hard. Of course, in my case, on the question

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<v Speaker 4>of a border, it's important for Canadians to understand a

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<v Speaker 4>few things about the border we have with the United States.

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<v Speaker 4>The first thing to keep in mind is it's a

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<v Speaker 4>very strong border. It's one that's evolved over one hundred

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<v Speaker 4>and fifty years of relationship. It remains the longest undefended

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<v Speaker 4>border in the world, and we intend to try to

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<v Speaker 4>keep it that way. I think our American colleagues share

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<v Speaker 4>the same view. The plan that we are implementing is multifaceted.

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<v Speaker 4>It involves political outreach, official outreach, and operational outreach. So

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<v Speaker 4>clearly I'll be meeting with eventually, for example, the new

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<v Speaker 4>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Msnome. We'll be talking to

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<v Speaker 4>Tom Holman, we expect this week. At the same time,

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<v Speaker 4>we have officials who are in and out of Washington,

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<v Speaker 4>DC working with our American counterparts and operationally, the CBSA

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<v Speaker 4>and the RCNP are in const in touch with their

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<v Speaker 4>counterpart organizations in the United States, so we're making huge progress.

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<v Speaker 4>This plan is a plan which is of course international

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<v Speaker 4>between Canada the United States, but it's also a plan

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<v Speaker 4>between different orders of government in this country. We've reached

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<v Speaker 4>out to and engaged every single province in the country.

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<v Speaker 4>They are engaged. In the case of Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan

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<v Speaker 4>and Quebec. They're making for example, some of their police

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<v Speaker 4>authorities available, police of local jurisdiction are helping us on

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<v Speaker 4>the border. This is a very very good thing and

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<v Speaker 4>they should be commended for doing so because it really

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<v Speaker 4>is a team Canada response. We're working, for example, on

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<v Speaker 4>the question of fentanyl. It's important for Canadians to remember

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<v Speaker 4>less than one percent of all fentanyl entering the United

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<v Speaker 4>States is coming from Canada. Less than one percent of

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<v Speaker 4>illegal immigration in the United States is coming from Canada.

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<v Speaker 4>So we are tightening up even further our border to

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<v Speaker 4>deal with some of these challenges. And as I say,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a federal provincial relationship and partnership, it's an inter

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<v Speaker 4>agency partnership, it's a bilateral partnership, and we've seen huge

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<v Speaker 4>progress in the last three to four months. So we

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<v Speaker 4>are continuing to make progress on the implementation of this plan.

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<v Speaker 3>Reginelle. They put the Algonquin and Anishnavik. We're on the

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<v Speaker 3>traditional territory of the Algonquin and Asnavic people, and we

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<v Speaker 3>express our gratitude for their generosity and patience, Meg which

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<v Speaker 3>extra PONU. Of course I planned this when I thought

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<v Speaker 3>January twenty seventh was the day Parliament would be resuming.

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<v Speaker 3>What a good time to be sure that we'd finalized

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<v Speaker 3>our election platform by having an in person retreat with

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<v Speaker 3>the shadow Cabinet that I've been working with for years

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<v Speaker 3>In order of what we're going to do today, I

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<v Speaker 3>and when we say never again, we really should mean it. Oh. So,

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<v Speaker 3>January twenty seventh, the Deparliament was supposed to resume with

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<v Speaker 3>lots of bills, lots of work to do. We're going

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<v Speaker 3>to reflect on the work that didn't get done. And

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<v Speaker 3>Mike Morris MP for Kitchener Center will present that part

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<v Speaker 3>of our reflections. But first I want to introduce someone

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<v Speaker 3>and she was nominated by the group to sort be

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<v Speaker 3>our spokesperson for how the weekend went and what it

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<v Speaker 3>was like to all be together. Jessica Wegg is a

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<v Speaker 7>Thanks Lisa, Good morning everyone. We are weeks away from

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<v Speaker 7>the most important election in our nation's history, and our

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<v Speaker 7>future is on the line. So over the weekend, Green

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<v Speaker 7>identify solutions to the key problems facing Canadians, housing, affordability,

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<v Speaker 7>southern neighbors. And we really look forward to sharing these

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<v Speaker 7>proposals with Canadians in the coming weeks. But let me

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<v Speaker 7>be clear, this is a new, reinvigorated Green Party and

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, thank you, yeah, thank And a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>those who are preparing for now. What Doug Ford has

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<v Speaker 3>candidate in Gwelph. You'll certainly get to see more of

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<v Speaker 3>the next member of Parliament from Guelph. Gwelph is, of

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<v Speaker 3>opposition leader in Queen's Park Leader of the Green Party

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<v Speaker 3>of Ontario, Mike Schriner. So we like having double Green ridings.

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<v Speaker 3>There are several across the country, and so at this

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<v Speaker 3>moment I want to turn to Mike Morris for his

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<v Speaker 3>reflections on what didn't get done the last time I

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<v Speaker 3>gave a press conference January third. The world changed a

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<v Speaker 3>lot for people in politics on January sixth, said Simon

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<v Speaker 8>Mike Morris, well, thank you Elizabeth.

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<v Speaker 9>Wonderful to see you all this morning, and wonderful to

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<v Speaker 9>be joined by Shadow Cabinet. As Elizabeth shared, while Parliament

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<v Speaker 9>is prorogued, the Green Caucus is continuing to work on

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<v Speaker 9>behalf of Canadians and behalf of our communities to get results,

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<v Speaker 9>notwithstanding those parliamentary tools that are not available to us.

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<v Speaker 9>As one example, the disability community continues to call to

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<v Speaker 9>guarantee that the Canada Disability Benefit will be delivered as

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<v Speaker 9>this government promised in Budget twenty twenty four by July first.

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<v Speaker 9>That means they must finalize the regulations before March seventh

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<v Speaker 9>to ensure the regardless of the partisan theatrics of the day,

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<v Speaker 9>that the disability community deserves to see not only a fixed,

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<v Speaker 9>but a fully funded Canada disability bendun passible. That's why

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<v Speaker 9>Elizabeth and I wrote the Minister Responsible last week calling

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<v Speaker 9>for her to ensure that this government guarantees the Candida

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<v Speaker 9>Disability Benefit. We'll be meeting with her office later this

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<v Speaker 9>afternoon to lift up the calls of the disability community, continuing,

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<v Speaker 9>as I shared, to call to fix the Candida Disability

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<v Speaker 9>Benefit and in the meantime, at the very least to

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<v Speaker 9>ensure that they guarantee that the meager version of the

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<v Speaker 9>benefit previously announced is delivered, regardless of the theatrics of

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<v Speaker 9>the day on this and so many others, whether it's

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<v Speaker 9>related to the housing crisis, the climate. Both Elizabeth and

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<v Speaker 9>I are continuing to work on behalf of our communities

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<v Speaker 9>and will continue to do so until an election is called.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, And following on from what Mike ha said,

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<v Speaker 3>And I feel really guilty not introducing all of our

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<v Speaker 3>wonderful greens from across the country, but it would take

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<v Speaker 3>too long. I know you understand, but we have candidates

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<v Speaker 3>and critics here right across the board, just like Trudeau's cabinet. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>I think we get along better, but anyway, we're really

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so proud of having people here from Prince Edward Island,

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<v Speaker 3>doctor Stratton, Gadfi Stratton, fisheries critic from Nova Scotia all

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<v Speaker 3>the way through to British Columbia. And my husband's going

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<v Speaker 3>Phraser Canyon, but it's been redistributed. But if I started

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<v Speaker 3>introducing people, it'll take too long. I did want to

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<v Speaker 3>say apropos of Mike's comment that we keep working. The

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<v Speaker 3>day after House Perogue, I wrote to Justin Trudeau and

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<v Speaker 3>all the other opposition party leaders Pierre Puallev and Ifro

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<v Speaker 3>Solbaschet and Jack me singing and said, look, bills just

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<v Speaker 3>died that we'd spent. I mean the equivalent of millions

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<v Speaker 3>of dollars of work, both within departments, by parliament by

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<v Speaker 3>standing committees. A lot of these bills have gone through

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<v Speaker 3>clause by clause amendments, bills that were so close to passage.

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<v Speaker 3>For my community, Bill C thirty three that would help

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<v Speaker 3>us deal with freighters getting free parking in the Salish

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<v Speaker 3>Sea and dragging anchors and threatening the survival of Southern

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<v Speaker 3>resident killer whales. If Bill C thirty three could be

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<v Speaker 3>singled out as having enough cross party support to get

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<v Speaker 3>passed quickly when the House resumes C. Seventy one to

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<v Speaker 3>fix the lost citizenship issue ready to go, a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of cross party support could exist. I've asked the other

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<v Speaker 3>party leaders to meet during this time that we have.

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<v Speaker 3>We got to meet on December third to talk about

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<v Speaker 3>the Trump threat. Well, we should be meeting again, but

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<v Speaker 3>in any case, no one's answered my letter yet. If

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<v Speaker 3>anyone was wondering all of that said, we do have

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<v Speaker 3>an announcement to make, and you might have noticed, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>very pleased to be joined once again, and as you Dona,

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<v Speaker 8>Who Let's he is a bit less, he is a

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<v Speaker 8>bit It's good to be back. It's good to be

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<v Speaker 8>back with the amazing bunch of people behind me. They're

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<v Speaker 8>I couldn't be more humbled to stand here now with

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<v Speaker 8>my friend Mike, and with a mentor a friend, this

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<v Speaker 8>incredible national treasure that Elizabeth.

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<v Speaker 3>May is.

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<v Speaker 8>Well. I did leave politics and now I'm back, and

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<v Speaker 8>some of you might wonder why. Last year, early in

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<v Speaker 8>the year, I did receive some fairly difficult life altering

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<v Speaker 8>news about my health, something that's as a thirty four

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<v Speaker 8>though I tried to keep going, at some point it

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<v Speaker 8>became very clear to me that I needed to take

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<v Speaker 8>a bit of a step back and reflect about my

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<v Speaker 8>also about I could be slightly kinder to myself after

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<v Speaker 8>fourteen fifteen years in conflict areas some fairly difficult work,

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<v Speaker 8>and so I took a step back. I needed that

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<v Speaker 8>to reflect. In the fall of last year, I was

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<v Speaker 8>lucky enough to be prompted thrown back into the work

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<v Speaker 8>that I did for many, many years in conflict areas,

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<v Speaker 8>winter of twenty twenty four and places like Georgia and

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<v Speaker 8>Syria to places where people are fighting and have been

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<v Speaker 8>fighting for democracy and freedom, two values that I think

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<v Speaker 8>we oftentimes take for granted as Canadians, to core treasures

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<v Speaker 8>that are founding fathers and mothers have been building in

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<v Speaker 8>this country, to values that are now under threat, and

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<v Speaker 8>that of course, was with every single time passed in

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<v Speaker 8>those places, always a bit of a reckoning about whether

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<v Speaker 8>I was actually in the right place now. Of course,

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<v Speaker 8>the tragic, in fact despicable election south of the border

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<v Speaker 8>of a president that is a sewaging fascism and creating

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<v Speaker 8>right south of the border, a threat to our way

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<v Speaker 8>of living, to our values, meant that I simply couldn't

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<v Speaker 8>stand on the sidelines anymore. The situation we're in is

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<v Speaker 8>a situation I've seen many other peoples throughout the planet,

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<v Speaker 8>from Venezuela to Cuba to Ukraine and other countries that

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<v Speaker 8>are far less privileged, or have been far less privileged

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<v Speaker 8>in Canada has been Those are situations that I'm well

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<v Speaker 8>accustomed with, Situations where populist leaders or threats from outside

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<v Speaker 8>start to grow, and where independence, our way of life

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<v Speaker 8>comes under threat. These are difficult times to reckon with,

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<v Speaker 8>and with fourteen years spent in conflict areas, I thought

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<v Speaker 8>that here was something that I could bring back to politics.

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<v Speaker 8>As someone who's been to the front lines, as someone

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<v Speaker 8>who spent time speaking with people tortured, with mothers having

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<v Speaker 8>lost their children, I do know what that reality looks

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<v Speaker 8>like in practice, and it is one that we will,

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<v Speaker 8>as Greens, do everything in our power to avoid. So

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<v Speaker 8>I was extremely, extremely glad when the party reached out

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<v Speaker 8>to me and asked me to come back to assume,

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<v Speaker 8>pending a vote by the members, the position of co

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<v Speaker 8>It's not a decision I take lightly, but the times

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<v Speaker 8>call on all of us to really stand up for Canada,

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<v Speaker 8>and this is a responsibility that I will be assuming humbly,

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<v Speaker 8>alongside every other Green throughout Canada, fighting to make sure

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<v Speaker 8>that we protect the country, that we protect the people,

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<v Speaker 10>When you last resigned, you spoke about internal roadblocks in

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<v Speaker 10>the way of you becoming co leader. What happened to

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<v Speaker 10>those roadblocks? Is it people that have resigned? Were they

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<v Speaker 10>the roadblocks? There's been several resignations on the Federal Council,

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<v Speaker 10>the party's Green Fund. Were those people the issue in

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<v Speaker 8>There are always issues within every single party, lots of

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<v Speaker 8>people that are committed to various strong positions and visions,

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<v Speaker 8>and that's something that we welcome in the Green Party

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<v Speaker 8>said several times during the press conference, was for personal reasons.

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<v Speaker 8>I am not going to use this opportunity right now

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<v Speaker 8>to discuss my health situation more. But this is something

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<v Speaker 8>that I will absolutely be doing in the weeks and

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<v Speaker 8>months ahead. Stack Lillipok is Upsta only the absurd on

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<v Speaker 5>Is abstact.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, comes ask you Nico Chetam over Tim and father

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<v Speaker 8>more this many many.

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<v Speaker 3>I just added. There was the times that in the

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<v Speaker 3>media things that are for us as green as normal.

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<v Speaker 3>It takes time. When you have a grassroots party and

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<v Speaker 3>you work through, you have to have a general meeting.

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<v Speaker 3>The members are the highest authority in our party. We

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<v Speaker 3>couldn't decree this color. It needed a meeting of members.

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<v Speaker 3>We'd had a couple of meetings where simply ran out

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<v Speaker 3>of time. To deal with all the resolutions before us.

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<v Speaker 3>So the meeting of members as planned and as Jonathan said,

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<v Speaker 3>with phenomenal support, happened in mid November, and we are

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<v Speaker 3>following the rules of the party. And I didn't ever

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<v Speaker 3>say they were obstacles. I know people read that into it,

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to make more out of it. As a Jonathan said,

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<v Speaker 3>we repeated many times in a very emotional press conference,

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<v Speaker 3>especially for me because I really hated to see him leave.

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<v Speaker 3>But it was personal reasons and as Jonathan is explained,

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<v Speaker 3>he'll give you more details on that is one of

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<v Speaker 3>the times right exacts.

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<v Speaker 8>What do you think?

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<v Speaker 3>What do you think the impact of party in fighting

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<v Speaker 3>has been on the Green Party's successes in recent years?

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<v Speaker 3>Has it affected of electoral success?

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<v Speaker 8>Once again? The most important thing I can tell you

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<v Speaker 8>today is that, as is evidenced by the people behind us,

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<v Speaker 8>we are united and committed to delivering for Canadians at

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<v Speaker 8>a time when they're are no progressive alternatives out there.

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<v Speaker 8>We will provide decisively, boldly progressive proposals for Canadians. I

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<v Speaker 8>think Canadians struggle so much right now in their daily lives,

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<v Speaker 8>in their daily well in the outcome when it comes

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<v Speaker 8>to the climate emergency, our relationship with our neighbors to

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<v Speaker 8>the south, with the cost of living situation. Those are

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<v Speaker 8>the things that we are focused on and those are

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<v Speaker 8>the most important things for Greens right now.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, good morning everyone. I'm excited to be able to

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<v Speaker 5>join you alongside doctor Jane Philpott, chair of Ontario's Primary

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<v Speaker 5>Care Action Team, which our governments established in the fall,

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<v Speaker 5>to share an update on the team's progress and the

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<v Speaker 5>work that they have been doing to connect every person

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<v Speaker 5>in Ontario to a publicly funded primary care team by

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<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty nine. Under the leadership of Premier Forward, our

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<v Speaker 5>government has been making record investments in healthcare, taking bold

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<v Speaker 5>action and making innovative changes to connect people to the

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<v Speaker 5>care they need, when and where they need it. We

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<v Speaker 5>are expanding capacity, reducing weight times and waitlists, by improving

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<v Speaker 5>access to key services such as primary care, diagnostic imaging,

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<v Speaker 5>home care and hospital care in communities across Ontario, and

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<v Speaker 5>taking action to maintain and expand Ontario's health care workforce.

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<v Speaker 5>For a third year in a row, Ontario has added

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<v Speaker 5>a record number of new nurses and new physicians, registering

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<v Speaker 5>a total of one hundred thousand nurses and fifteen thousand

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<v Speaker 5>physicians since twenty eighteen. Ontario leads the country with some

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<v Speaker 5>of the shortest weight times for critical services, the largest

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<v Speaker 5>physician and nurse practitioner workforce, the highest number of people

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<v Speaker 5>with access to a regular healthcare provider, and we are

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<v Speaker 5>not stopping there. Our government has launched the largest expansion

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<v Speaker 5>of the medical school education system in over a decade,

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<v Speaker 5>adding over three hundred and forty undergraduate and five hundred

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<v Speaker 5>and fifty one residency spots and opening two new medical

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<v Speaker 5>schools in partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University and York University.

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<v Speaker 5>We are creating new pathways to train more family doctors

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<v Speaker 5>than ever before by expanding the Learn and Stay Grant

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<v Speaker 5>to include family medicine and introducing the Practice Ready Ontario

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<v Speaker 5>program to license internationally trained family docs more quickly. Together,

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<v Speaker 5>these programs will add nearly fifteen hundred new family doctors

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<v Speaker 5>and communities across the province over the next three years.

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<v Speaker 5>And we have taken the first step in expanding interprofessional

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<v Speaker 5>primary care teams, including family health teams and nurse practitioner

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<v Speaker 5>led clinics, connecting nearly three hundred and thirty thousand more

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<v Speaker 5>people to primary care in their community by creating or

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<v Speaker 5>expanding seventy eight primary care teams, seventy two of which

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<v Speaker 5>are now open and taking on new patients. To continue

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<v Speaker 5>to move forward to close the remaining gap of people

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<v Speaker 5>who do not have access to a regular healthcare provider

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<v Speaker 5>and get across the finish line of connecting everyone in

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<v Speaker 5>Ontario to more convenient primary care. I am pleased to

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<v Speaker 5>announce our government is investing one point eight billion dollars

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<v Speaker 5>to support the work of the Primary Care Action Team

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<v Speaker 5>and their mandate to connect every person in Ontario to

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<v Speaker 5>primary care by twenty twenty nine. Through this historic investment,

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<v Speaker 5>Ontario's Primary Care Action Team, led by doctor Philbot, will

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<v Speaker 5>implement an action plan that includes key initiatives and draws

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<v Speaker 5>on best in class models of primary care being delivered

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<v Speaker 5>across Ontario to ensure that no matter where you live

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<v Speaker 5>in the province, you are connected to a publicly funded

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<v Speaker 5>primary care team made up of family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, midwives,

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<v Speaker 5>and many other healthcare professionals. The work of the Primary

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<v Speaker 5>Care Action Team is another important way our government is

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<v Speaker 5>building on our progress to create a more connected and

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<v Speaker 5>convenient healthcare system by providing more people with the right

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<v Speaker 5>care in the right place for years to come. It's

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<v Speaker 5>now my pleasure to invite doctor Philpot to share a

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<v Speaker 5>few words and provide more details about Ontario's primary Care

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<v Speaker 5>action plan. Thank you, stay well, thank you.

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<v Speaker 6>Good morning everyone, and thank you very much, mister Jones.

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<v Speaker 6>I am so pleased to be here today with you

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<v Speaker 6>for this historic announcement. Central to the health and well

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<v Speaker 6>being of every community is primary care. Primary Care is

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<v Speaker 6>your first point of contact with the health system when

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<v Speaker 6>you need medical care. It's where trust is built between

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<v Speaker 6>patients and health care providers and where the foundation for

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<v Speaker 6>long term health is established. Whether you're talking about preventing illness,

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<v Speaker 6>managing chronic conditions, or providing continuity of care, primary care

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<v Speaker 6>clinicians such as family doctors, nurse practitioners, etc. Play an

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<v Speaker 6>essential role in keeping people healthy. And it's not just

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<v Speaker 6>about improving health outcomes. It's about improving the quality of

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<v Speaker 6>life and the quality of health care for people. It's

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<v Speaker 6>about creating a primary care system that works for both

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<v Speaker 6>the people of Ontario and our dedicated healthcare professionals. So

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<v Speaker 6>that is why the Government of Ontare is announcing today

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<v Speaker 6>an investment of one point eight billion dollars that will

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<v Speaker 6>connect two million more people to family doctors, nurse practitioners

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<v Speaker 6>and primary care teams by the year twenty twenty nine.

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<v Speaker 6>Sepurquis news an vestisson am veguluit miliar de do las

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<v Speaker 6>port eguier scheq person on Ontario to connecte and mid

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<v Speaker 6>sinte fermi nan femier practicienes hu uniqui dessoine premier d

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<v Speaker 6>c de mill vend niff. Through this plan, Ontario will

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<v Speaker 6>build a primary care system that ensures it no matter

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<v Speaker 6>where you live in this province, you can be connected

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<v Speaker 6>to a primary care team made up of family doctors

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<v Speaker 6>and nurse practitioners and other valued healthcare professionals such as nurses,

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<v Speaker 6>physician assistants, social workers, pharmacists and many more. Through our

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<v Speaker 6>Primary Care Action Plan, we are going to work with

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<v Speaker 6>primary care clinicians, health system partners and communities to connect

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<v Speaker 6>everyone to more convenient primary care by twenty twenty nine.

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<v Speaker 6>Through the government's historic investment, we will be creating more

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<v Speaker 6>than three hundred new and expanded primary care teams that

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<v Speaker 6>will attach approximately two million people to primary care. This

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<v Speaker 6>includes over two hundred and thirty five million dollars over

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<v Speaker 6>this next fiscal year to establish and expand eighty additional

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<v Speaker 6>primary care teams across the province, attaching three hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 6>more people to care. As part of this work, we

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<v Speaker 6>intend to connect everyone who is currently on the Healthcare

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<v Speaker 6>Connect wait list as of January first this year to

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<v Speaker 6>a primary care provider by the spring of twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 6>We want to make the process of finding a primary

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<v Speaker 6>care provider easier and more convenient. Dona cadre denote plan

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<v Speaker 6>keep de swamp premier nouvelle a a lar gie offended

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<v Speaker 6>facile a plu commode. That's why well. We will be

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<v Speaker 6>making improvements to Healthcare Connect to improve both the user

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<v Speaker 6>and provider experience. As part of this we will work

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<v Speaker 6>towards a Healthcare Connect weight time target of no more

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<v Speaker 6>than twelve months to be connected to a primary care team.

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<v Speaker 6>We also want to ensure that patients can access their

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<v Speaker 6>healthcare at their fingertips. As part of our action plan,

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<v Speaker 6>we will leverage Health eight one point one to allow

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<v Speaker 6>you to view online your health records, to book an

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<v Speaker 6>appointment with your primary care provider and discover your care options.

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<v Speaker 6>We also, need, of course, to ensure that we are

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<v Speaker 6>supporting our primary care clinicians. This means continuing to address

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<v Speaker 6>the administrative burden with digital tools such as AI scribes,

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<v Speaker 6>modernizing the ways of information sharing, and improving the referral

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<v Speaker 6>process to specialists. We know there is a lot of

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<v Speaker 6>work to do to recruit and retain the workforce needed

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<v Speaker 6>to support primary care providers and their teams, including family doctors,

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<v Speaker 6>nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals. This is just

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<v Speaker 6>the beginning and there is much more work to do

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<v Speaker 6>in collaboration with our partners in primary care. This includes

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<v Speaker 6>regular reporting on the progress we've made to connect everyone

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<v Speaker 6>to primary care. Ontario is embarking on an historic opportunity

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<v Speaker 6>to build a primary care system where the guarantee of

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<v Speaker 6>access to a primary care team is as automatic as

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<v Speaker 6>a child being assigned to a public school in their community.

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<v Speaker 6>Lontariot Profit, Duno Causion, Historic Purmetro Surpier and system suampremier,

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<v Speaker 6>Ula garanti accepmer a, Ossi automatique, Pilascurans, puchak detreignn call

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<v Speaker 6>publique dons a collectivity. This plan is ambitious and the

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<v Speaker 6>changes will not happen overnight, but when our shared vision

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<v Speaker 6>is realized, we will have a primary care system in

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<v Speaker 6>the province that has never existed before. Every person in Ontario,

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<v Speaker 6>every baby, every child, teenager, parent, adults, seniors will have

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<v Speaker 6>a family doctor or nurse practitioner when they need one

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<v Speaker 6>and can get ongoing, comprehensive and convenient care. If you

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<v Speaker 6>move with in Ontario, you will automatically be offered a

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<v Speaker 6>primary care team in your community, ensuring continuous access to

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<v Speaker 6>care close to home. You'll be welcomed at the door

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<v Speaker 6>and there will be a team of amazing healthcare professionals

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<v Speaker 6>working together to provide the high quality care that you deserve,

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<v Speaker 6>ready for you when you and your loved ones need

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<v Speaker 6>it at all stages of life. That's our shared vision

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<v Speaker 6>and that is our commitment on this historic day. Thank

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<v Speaker 6>you very much, Missipoku.

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<v Speaker 9>We will now take questions from the media. If media

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<v Speaker 9>present can kindly line up behind me and act ask

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<v Speaker 9>their questions to their microphone. As a friendly reminder of

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<v Speaker 9>the format is one question, one follow up.

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<v Speaker 5>Please state your name and your outlook for your question.

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<v Speaker 6>Wellion dollars are going outdoor today.

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<v Speaker 5>This is a yahing pat proms right. We have now

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<v Speaker 5>got a plan in place to build on what we

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<v Speaker 5>already announced last February. You know when I talk about

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<v Speaker 5>those seventy eight new or expanded primary care interprofessional teams

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<v Speaker 5>that we announced in February of last year, we have

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<v Speaker 5>seventy two of those in place now under doctor Philpot's leadership.

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<v Speaker 5>We now have a plan for the remaining ten percent

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<v Speaker 5>of Harriel's population that doesn't have a family physician, and

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<v Speaker 5>that work starts today.

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