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Horgan apologized at the house and expressed remorse on Twitter, saying: “If my mother was still around, she would be on her way to the legislature with a piece of Irish Spring.”
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April 25, 2022 • 5 hours ago • 2 minutes reading • 51 comments The Prime Minister of British Columbia John Horgan Photo by Felipe Fitipaldi / PNG
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Prime Minister John Horgan apologized for putting an F-bomb in the legislature on Monday during a heated exchange over a shortage of family doctors in BC.
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Shaken by dissatisfaction with opposition MPs during the interrogation period, Horgan waved contemptuously and said, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh old age” Then he left the hall.
Liberal health critic Shirley Bond said, “Shame on you.” Spokesman Raj Chowhan called it a 10-minute break for cool manners.
Horgan expressed remorse on Twitter around 4pm on Monday, saying: “If my mother was still around, she would be on her way to the legislature with a piece of Irish Spring.” He followed an official apology as he stood in the hall.
“Earlier today at the end of the question period, my passion for healthcare overcame me and I made some unrestrained comments that may have offended members of this house or others. I apologize for that and withdraw these remarks unreservedly, “Horgan said.
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After a period of questioning, Bond urged Horgan to apologize for his swearing.
“I can honestly say that I have rarely seen a prime minister behave like that,” she said, adding that it was the opposition’s job to ask difficult questions.
During the question period, liberal MPPs, including Bond and Trevor Halford, criticized Health Secretary Adrian Dix and Horgan for failing to address the shortage of doctors, which left one in five British Colombians without a family doctor.
Halford said Dix could “fire” people who desperately want a family doctor, “but at the end of the day, a million British Colombians are without a family doctor, and that’s unacceptable.”
Horgan defended Dix, saying he worked 24 hours a day to improve health care for British Colombians.
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When the liberal MLA drowned him, Horgan shouted: “They don’t want an answer, dear speaker, because they are part of the problem. Do you want to hear it, man? Or do you just want to hear your voice? Why don’t you go to the bathroom and talk there?
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After the break, Chowhan told local officials: “I am so disappointed in all of you. He stressed that members must listen to the question and answer. “Don’t do it in person. Let’s act like adults, please. “
The government is under pressure to tackle the health care crisis, which has forced family doctors to close clinics, leaving dozens of people at loggerheads.
According to a new study published last week by Medimap, a British Columbia-based application, patients who rely on medical clinics wait an average of almost an hour to see a doctor, four times longer than they wait in at least five other provinces. helps patients choose the clinic with the shortest waiting time.
Horgan reiterated that the federal government must increase health transfers to allow the provinces to increase their health care capacity.
kderosa@postmedia.com
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