After two days of strategy on how to respond to the commercial war, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is fighting against this country, Canada’s ministers ended their summit in Huntsville, Ontario, on Wednesday he focused on national issues such as violent crime, drug trafficking and medical care.
At the Final Press Conference of the Federation Council, the prime ministers insisted that these problems are not only on the agenda, but have actually been easier to address because they have joined so much because of the existential crisis facing the country.
“We have to make sure we are fixing the plane while it is flying. And we will not only do it, but when it is done, it will be a project that all Canadians can be proud,” said BC Prime Minister David Eby.
The prime minister said that when Prime Minister Mark Carney fell to the summit on Tuesday to deliver a commercial informative session, “he confirmed that he is also on the side” to address national concerns.
New Brunswick Prime Minister Susan Holt said that Canada’s prime ministers can “walk and chew gum at the same time” and that you can better address domestic concerns with the help of their counterparts.
“We have spent much more time together in all my term as prime minister, in just eight months, than I think my predecessor would have passed in six years,” he said.
Ontario’s Prime Minister, Doug Ford, says that Canada is an economic power and has to depend less on the United States Ford added that it has nothing against Americans, but has a problem with a person: Donald Trump.
Earlier on Wednesday, the ministers entered their last day of conversations that asked Carney to fulfill their promise to introduce legislation into the autumn Parliament that will make it difficult for repeated violent criminals to obtain bail.
The provinces “have moved in all aspects that we believe we can,” said Saskatchewan Prime Minister Scott Moe. “The significant change that will have significant consequences for people who are bringing these poisonous drugs to our communities is a change in the Canada Criminal Code.”
Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford said that Canadians are “fed up” when seeing repeated violent criminals or car thieves granted bond and urged the federal government to consider using the United States sentence regime as inspiration for what to do in Canada.
“We cannot free people the next day after they put the doors of people, put weapons to people’s heads, terrorize the neighborhood, they terrorize families,” Ford said.
The Ontario Prime Minister insisted in part of the problem are the “weak diameter” judges and the only way to address that is to impose mandatory minimal sentences.
Holt told journalists that Canada’s ministers have discussed the reform of in -depth bond and that everyone is on the same page.
“We need to have flexibility at the provincial level to be hard with people who are hard with Canadians,” he said.
That flexibility, he said, includes the provinces that can put their own limits in the sentence and bond.
During the electoral campaign, Carney proposed changes in the bail system that would require the repeat offenders, accused of crimes such as housing invasions, theft of violent cars or trafficking of people, to demonstrate that they deserve a bond before they are granted. At this time, prosecutors have to demonstrate that denying someone the bond is justified.
Carney also promised to harden the judgment guidelines to allow consecutive sentences for theft of violent cars, theft of cars involving criminal gangs and serious and violent crimes.
Financing of Medical Care
The ministers say they also want an impulse to federal health transfers and flexibility to address the provision of medical care in a way that adapts to the needs of each province.
Ford said that the previous federal government changed the provinces and that Ontario needs more money to train and hire doctors and nurses.
“I would like to sit with the rest of the prime ministers and find a figure that holds us during the next time,” Ford said.
Moe said that Canadian medical care needs differ greatly from one region to another, and financing should reflect that.
“We certainly think they should respond to the needs of the population,” said Holt. “At this time it is a flat per capita model, but in New Brunswick we have a larger population and that is more sick than the rest of Canada.”
Ford said that “he has no problem taking care of the smallest provinces,” but said he is looking for a financing model that is more “fair.”
Manitoba Prime Minister Wab Kinew said that having a universal medical care system is a fundamental Canadian value that distinguishes the country from the United States Prime Minister Danielle Smith, replied that Canada has to “earn money before spending it.”
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said that one of the defining characteristics that separates Canada from the US. It is the Universal Medical Care System of Canada.
“If we mean that we are facing Donald Trump and that we will never be state 51, let’s ensure that our universal medical care system is strong,” Kinew said.
“And I think we have a good partner in the prime minister at this time to advance in that project.”
