Haldimand—Norfolk's candidates' promises on Health & Healthcare

Addiction and the poisoned drug supply

Lily Eggink

CHP will enforce drug laws, prevent addiction, and provide holistic treatment of addictions by including counselling for trauma, mental health support and physical health treatment

Hi. My name is Lily, and I am a sober alcoholic. I am sober 18 years.

I personally have experienced the lack of in-patient treatment programs in this riding. All we have i Holmes house and the waitlists are long, This causes addictions to continue or for addicts to be sent to other communities. This takes them far away from their families, preventing support and family counselling from occurring. Addiction needs to be treated concurrently with trauma, mental health and any physical ailments,

CHP would eliminate “drug injection sites” and re-criminalize the possession and sale of recreational marijuana and other harmful and addictive “street drugs”: opioids, fentanyl, cocaine, etc.

Marijuana is a gateway drug, impairs judgment, may become addictive, heightens sensory stimulus, increases physical appetite, reduces ability to concentrate, increases traffic accidents and fatalities and leads to miscommunication and sometimes mental illness. Some will say that Marijuana hasn't led to harder drugs for them, may I tell you a saying we have in the program when addicts have a hard time seeing where their addictions are leading? "It hasn't happened... yet."

Marijuana should be returned to the category of an illegal drug. Laws must be enforced or they become irrelevant. The increased use of marijuana prior to its legalization was partly a result of poor law enforcement and a revolving door justice policy.

So-called “safe-injection sites” for hardcore street drugs have increased usage and reduced respect for the law. Opioid abuse and the deaths of many from fentanyl and other street drugs demonstrate a failure of our society to inspire young people with a sense of purpose. Government funds would be better used in preventing addiction and enforcing the law. Governments should not participate in enabling self-destructive behaviours.

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We don't have any Green policies on Addiction and the poisoned drug supply.

NDP

Expand funding for crisis and addictions care

Conservative

Fund treatment for 50K people in treatment centres

"Fund treatment for 50,000 Canadians. A new Conservative government will fund treatment for 50,000 Canadians in treatment centres with a proven record of success at getting people off drugs. This includes successful models like the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, which helps people recover and reunite with their families, communities, and culture. To ensure the best outcomes, funding will follow results. Where spaces in good treatment programs exist, we will use them, and where they need to expand, these funds will allow that." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Ban safe consumption sites from being located within 0.5km of schools, daycares, playgrounds, parks, and seniors' homes

"Ban drug dens from being located within 500 metres of schools, daycares, playgrounds, parks, and seniors’ homes and impose strict new oversight rules." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
End exemptions for provincially-regulated safe consumption sites

"Poilievre also pledged to crack down on the Liberals’ reckless experiments with free access to illegal drugs that allow provinces to operate drug sites with no oversight, while pausing any new federal exemptions until evidence justifies they support recovery." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"He will also end the exemption for fly-by-night provincially-regulated sites." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Require federal safe consumption sites to operate away from residential areas and places where families and children frequent

"Existing federal sites will be required to operate away from residential communities and places where families and children frequent and will now also have to focus on connecting users with treatment, meet stricter regulatory standards or be shut down." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Require drug-addicted prisoners to participate in recovery-oriented drug rehabilitation in prisons where addiction treatment is available

"Require recovery-oriented rehabilitation in prisons, ensuring that more serious offenders struggling with addiction participate in evidence-based therapeutic living programs in prison, where such treatment is available." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
End safe supply
Require federal safe consumption sites to push treatment options

"Existing federal sites will be required to operate away from residential communities and places where families and children frequent and will now also have to focus on connecting users with treatment, meet stricter regulatory standards or be shut down." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Create a national outcomes dashboard to data transparency and allow provinces to track best practices
Allow judges to sentence offenders to mandatory treatment for addiction
Launch a $44B lawsuit against Big Pharma to pay for addiction treatment and recovery
Distribute 300,000 nasal naloxone kits

Liberal

Stand up additional border scanners, drones, and new K-9 teams to target suspicious shipments

"Cracking down on drugs, including fentanyl and its precursors, illegal guns, and stopping organized crime gangs from smuggling cars out of the country. We will train 1,000 new Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers. In addition, to secure our borders, we will stand up additional border scanners, drones and new K-9 teams, to target more suspicious shipments at our land borders, ports, and railyards;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16
Invest in the Public Prosecution Services of Canada to prosecute more complex drug production, trafficking, and import offences

"Holding those profiting from bringing fentanyl into our communities accountable by prosecuting more complex drug production trafficking and importation offences. We will invest in the Public Prosecution Services of Canada so that they can do so;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16
Add $500M to the Emergency Treatment Fund to support municipalities, Indigenous Peoples, and community healthcare organisations connect people with treatment and services

"Provide urgent and immediate support to address the overdose crisis by adding $500 million to the Emergency Treatment Fund to support municipalities, Indigenous Peoples, and community health care organizations to confront the toxic drug and overdose crisis and connect more people to treatment and vital services, faster." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Allow police to search for and seize contraband in Canada Post mail with a general warrant

"Amending the Canada Post Corporation Act to allow police to search for and seize fentanyl and other contraband in Canada Post mail with a general warrant." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

Health data

We don't have any Green policies on Health data.

We don't have any NDP policies on Health data.

We don't have any Conservative policies on Health data.

Liberal

Table legislation to give patients secure access to their health data

"Ensure Canadians can securely access their health care data because your medical history should be available instantly to you and your doctor anytime and anywhere in Canada. We will table legislation to enable secure access to health data. Better data that moves with patients to each new appointment means better care, better outcomes, and more choice for patients." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Launch a task force to invest in and scale up made-in-Canada public health care innovations, improve the quality of data, and evaluate public investments in healthcare

"Launch a Task Force for Public Health Care Innovation to invest and scale up made-in-Canada public health care solutions, leverage, and improve the quality of data, and evaluate and ensure accountability in public investments in health care, including the $25 billion Working Together Agreements signed with provinces and territories." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Health funding

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP would reduce wait times by taking surgical rooms and funding from abortions and sex changes and give the rooms and funding to true health care such as hearts and hips.

Canada’s Healthcare system has deteriorated significantly during

the trying years of Covid mismanagement and unscientific

mandates. Many Canadians do not even have a family doctor and

waiting lists for surgeries etc. are too long.

• Canada needs to rehire and compensate doctors and nurses fired

for refusing the experimental vaccines.

• Canada needs to speed up the process of certifying foreign-born

doctors, while maintaining high quality standards.

• More emphasis should be placed on preventive care and

alternative medicine.

• The CHP would shorten waiting lists by defunding abortion,

assisted suicide (MAiD) and “gender re-assignment” surgeries.

Those dollars would be directed to real health care (hips and

hearts).

• The CHP would improve delivery of services by allowing more

private delivery options.

• The CHP would insist that new hospitals incorporate features to

limit the spread of hospital-borne infections.

For years Canada’s socialized healthcare has been the envy of many

countries because it has been affordable for the average family. But

that level of satisfaction has dwindled with the growing inability of

many to find a family doctor.

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Canadians find themselves waiting in line—sometimes for long periods

—often for urgently required procedures. Meanwhile, precious

healthcare dollars are being squandered on elective abortion, which is

not healthcare and kills at least one person every time and on elective

gender re-assignment surgery, which permanently sterilizes the

individual and calls for a lifetime of expensive and damaging hormone

treatments. These procedures often lead to regret, depression and

suicide, putting further pressure on healthcare dollars. And, of course,

they do not actually alter a person’s gender; they only impair natural

function.

Canadians should not be forced to subsidize elective procedures

chosen by others, especially those with which they have deep moral

concerns.

When new hospitals are built, they should be constructed with a greater

emphasis on private rooms and other features designed to prevent the

unnecessary spread of disease.

Mental illness is an increasing problem and needs appropriate

treatment. The unleashing of legally-available marijuana and other

harmful drugs and the failed policies of government-supervised

injection sites have undoubtedly increased the incidence of mental

illness, drug addiction and suicide. We need to provide proper care for

the mentally ill and stop relying on harmful drugs as a solution.

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We don't have any Green policies on Health funding.

NDP

Increase health transfers by an extra 1% for provinces that commit to action on the doctor shortage and publicly report their progress

"To help tackle the doctor shortage, we’ll boost Canada Health Transfers by an additional 1% for provinces that commit to action and publicly report on their progress. This incentive will support real partnerships to train, recruit, and retain the health workers Canadians need." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Work with territorial governments to provide housing and facilities for family doctors and primary care teams in the North

"Working with territorial governments to provide housing and facilities for family doctors and primary care teams to keep healthcare providers in the North" — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

We don't have any Conservative policies on Health funding.

Liberal

Invest $4B in building critical healthcare infrastructure, like hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities, in partnership with the provinces

"Build critical health infrastructure like hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities by working with provinces and territories." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Build hospitals, clinics, and more by investing $4 billion to construct and renovate community health care infrastructure. This will also support investments in public long-term care; improve access to team-based care, including mental health care services; and provide funding for expensive machinery like MRIs. We have seen hospitals and clinics closing at the same time as health care needs are growing. The urgency to end wait times and hallway health care cannot be ignored. It’s time to build hospitals so that Canadians have access to the care they need. We will work with provinces and territories to accelerate this work and cost-share these investments. We will also work with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis communities to ensure improved access to these critical services." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Create a fund to help family doctors with the costs of opening a practice

"Make it easier to set up clinics in new communities through a new-practice fund to help family doctors with the costs of opening a practice, such as new clinic space and medical equipment and technologies. New doctors graduate with a lot of debt. We want them to be able to start practices in communities where patients are looking for doctors." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Health privatisation

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

The CHP would improve delivery of services by allowing more private delivery options.

The CHP would improve delivery of services by allowing more

private delivery options.

The CHP would insist that new hospitals incorporate features to

limit the spread of hospital-borne infections.

For years Canada’s socialized healthcare has been the envy of many

countries because it has been affordable for the average family. But

that level of satisfaction has dwindled with the growing inability of

many to find a family doctor.

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We don't have any Green policies on Health privatisation.

NDP

Ban American corporations from buying Canadian health facilities
Block trade deals from putting healthcare on the trading table
Amend the Canada Health Act to ban cash-for-care clinics from charging for basic care

We don't have any Conservative policies on Health privatisation.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Health privatisation.

Health staffing shortages

We don't have any Green policies on Health staffing shortages.

NDP

Increase health transfers by an extra 1% for provinces that commit to action on the doctor shortage and publicly report their progress

"To help tackle the doctor shortage, we’ll boost Canada Health Transfers by an additional 1% for provinces that commit to action and publicly report on their progress. This incentive will support real partnerships to train, recruit, and retain the health workers Canadians need." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Create residences for qualified, internationally-trained doctors already living in Canada
Implement pan-Canadian licensure for medical professionals

"Implementing a pan-Canadian licensure, to help medical professionals practice where they are needed across the country" — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Work with territorial governments to provide housing and facilities for family doctors and primary care teams in the North

"Working with territorial governments to provide housing and facilities for family doctors and primary care teams to keep healthcare providers in the North" — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Provide a $5,000 tax credit for 780,000 nurses and Personal Support Workers

"And we will put in place a $5,000 tax credit to help boost pay for more than 780,000 nurses and Personal Support Workers." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Conservative

Work with provinces to create nationally-recognised licenses for doctors, nurses, early childhood educators, and other professions
Provide small loans to help new Canadians complete Blue Seal certification
Provide $70M/year to fund 350 medical residency spots

"Bringing home Canadian students studying medicine abroad by expanding residency spots for them here, where they want to work in our healthcare system." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Rapidly recognise US-board certified professionals

"Rapidly recognizing U.S.-board certified professionals to bring more qualified physicians to meet Canadians’ health care needs." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Add 15,000 doctors by 2030

Liberal

Increase medical school and residency spaces, and build new medical schools

"Increase medical school and residency spaces, and build new medical schools and expand residency positions, especially for family medicine. This will be done in close collaboration with each province and territory to reflect their priorities and population needs. We will consider the unique health care access needs of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis and establish a dedicated stream to increase access to medical care in areas of federal jurisdiction." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Work with provinces and territories to streamline credential recognition for internationally-trained doctors and nurses

"Make it easier for internationally trained doctors and health professionals to practice in Canada. We will work with provincial and territorial partners to streamline credential recognition for internationally trained doctors and nurses so that qualified health care professionals already living here can contribute to our health care system." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Implement pan-Canadian licensure for health workers

"Address labour mobility issues and implement pan-Canadian licensure so that health workers can be employed anywhere in Canada. By advancing mutual recognition of credentials across provinces and territories we can improve workforce flexibility, lower health care costs, and reduce regional shortages [more]." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Create a new global recruitment strategy for doctors

"Recruit qualified doctors through a new global recruitment strategy that will fast-track the arrival of doctors into Canada, including Canadians practicing abroad and other U.S.-trained physicians and health researchers. To make sure Canada fully capitalizes on this opportunity, we will increase funding for research grants and infrastructure at our hospitals and other health care institutions." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Create a refundable tax credit up to $1,100/year for Personal Support Workers

"Provide Personal Support Workers (PSWs) with up to $1,100 a year by immediately legislating a refundable Health Care Workers Hero Tax Credit." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Reduce the administrative burden on doctors with streamlined and standardised forms, and scaling up digital tools

"Reduce the administrative burden on doctors with streamlined and standardized forms and scaling up digital tools that significantly reduce paperwork and leave more time for patient visits. And we will also launch a new program to support doctors in safely and securely adopting new digital tools such as e-prescribing and e-referrals. We will also support tools that are bilingual for doctors and nurses." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Implement a national license for physicians and nurses

"Implement a national licence for physicians and nurses, giving health workers more mobility across the country and making it easier to respond to workforce needs across jurisdictions." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Expand the Union Training and Innovation Program to include training spaces

"Support training for nurses, PSWs, and teachers by expanding the Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP) to include training spaces. When we take care of caregivers, they are better able to take care of patients." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Mental health

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

We need in-patient treatment and more out-patient treatment in this riding.

Mental illness is an increasing problem and needs appropriate treatment. I have had a family member suffer with mental illness. He was shipped off to Hamilton, London, and Brantford, This worsened his symptoms as his friends and most of his family were unable to go to visit him. Those with mental health need to support of family and friends. They need access to local treatment and follow through counselling. Waitlists for out-patient counselling are very long in this riding as well.

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We don't have any Green policies on Mental health.

NDP

Cover psychotherapy and counselling for everyone not currently covered by work plans

"As a tangible step to expanding mental health coverage, we will ensure that all Canadians can access services like psychotherapy and counselling by launching a new plan to cover these services for those who are currently not covered by work plans." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Expand funding for crisis and addictions care

We don't have any Conservative policies on Mental health.

Liberal

Fund community-based mental health services and mental health care for 100,000 young people a year

"Provide 100,000 young people a year with mental health care by establishing a permanent Youth Mental Health Fund. This fund will enhance community-based mental health services and give access to mental health care to people who otherwise would not, improving the lives of young people, and the friends and families that love them." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Invest in deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters to address links between housing and mental health outcomes

"Invest in deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters in recognition of the link between housing and mental health outcomes. We will do this through $6 billion invested in the new Build Canada Homes (BCH) which will build and acquire housing. This investment builds on the Rapid Housing Initiative which supported 15,000 homes for our most vulnerable, including projects like Dunn House in Toronto, Canada’s first-ever social medicine supportive housing initiative. We will continue to work with partners to deliver projects that recognize the link between housing and health outcomes." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Pharmaceuticals and pharmacare

We don't have any Green policies on Pharmaceuticals and pharmacare.

NDP

Universally cover pharmaceutical drugs within four years

"We will get the job done, putting in place a universal program within four years. Mark Carney’s proposed cuts would stop pharmacare in its tracks. During the first year of the next Parliament, we will get deals with every province to cover diabetes medications and birth control. And we will expand that first step by covering essential medicines by the end of the first year, building to full coverage by the end of four years." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Conservative

Speed up drug approvals for drugs approved by 2 of 3 peer jurisdictions
Ensure companies share all data on pediatric drug use
Implement a rare diseases strategy to support treatment development

Liberal

Reduce wait-time for Health Canada to approve new medicines

"Significantly reduce wait times for life-saving medications. Canadian patients wait too long for public access to medicines following Health Canada approval, compared to patients in peer countries, putting us behind other G7 countries. By cutting red tape without compromising on safety we will cut this timeline while maintaining all relevant safety standards, supporting our research community, and delivering lifesaving medicines more quickly." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Sexual and reproductive health

We don't have any Green policies on Sexual and reproductive health.

We don't have any NDP policies on Sexual and reproductive health.

We don't have any Conservative policies on Sexual and reproductive health.

Liberal

Make the Sexual and Reproductive Health Fund Program permanent to provide funding for abortion care across Canada, including in underserved communities

"Make the Sexual and Reproductive Health Fund Program permanent, so that there will always be funding for abortion care in Canada, with access to reproductive care protected for underserved communities [more]." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Provide up to $20K for people seeking a single standard cycle of IVF treatment

"Establish a new in vitro fertilization (IVF) program that provides up to $20,000 for a single standard cycle of IVF treatment, making it more affordable for Canadians who want to become parents, especially 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians who face a costly journey to parenthood. We will work with the provinces and territories to make sure more Canadians can access this support." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Women's health

We don't have any Green policies on Women's health.

We don't have any NDP policies on Women's health.

We don't have any Conservative policies on Women's health.

Liberal

Provide $20M to fund research into postpartum maternal health

"Address the under-researched area of postpartum maternal health by investing in research into postpartum maternal health to fund studies and track outcomes, disparities, and service gaps, and inform future investments so that women get better care after giving birth." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Invest $20M to increase data collection to help address women's health gaps

"Invest in increased collection of data to help address women’s health gaps in Canada, particularly in understudied areas of menopause, endometriosis, maternal mortality and morbidity, stillbirth, and perinatal health." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22