Jean-Denis Garon
- Career
- Economist, professor at UQAM's School of Management Sciences
- Political Experience
- Elected to represent the riding of Mirabel in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election. Served as the critic of national revenue, green finance and green equalization in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet of the 44th Parliament of Canada. Elected vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.
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Before entering federal politics, Jean-Denis Garon was an academic. He worked as a professor of economics at the École des sciences de la gestion at the Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM). His areas of expertise reportedly included public finance, taxation, and social programs.
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Jean-Denis Garon won with 22,494 votes (39.9%)
Total votes cast: 56,359
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Thank you very much. Madam Chair, I'll yield my remaining seven seconds to you, if you have a question for the witnesses.
So, clearly, you are coming here to Ottawa to tell the federal government, which, by the way, intends to increase federal health transfer payments to the provinces to 3% as of the next fiscal year, to impose more conditions on the provinces and impose even more constraints on them under not only the Canada Health Act, but a new act, in an area of jurisdiction in which Ottawa doesn't have the
Therefore, it would be 1%, regardless of the foundation's size. Is that correct?
However, this would apply to the charitable sector. Is that correct?
They're not an interprovincial barrier, by the way, with all due respect to the members of your organization. Wage negotiations were held recently between doctors and the Government of Quebec. A premier of Ontario got involved in those negotiations. He gave his personal phone number to doctors in Quebec and invited them to leave Quebec and come to Ontario if they were unhappy. Do you think this
So, after reading the Canadian Constitution, the Canadian Medical Association believes that passing a law on primary care respects both the letter and the spirit of the Constitution. Did I understand correctly? Forget the idea that we have to work together. I'm asking you a legal question: Is it under federal jurisdiction to do that? I would like a real answer.
If I may, I will refine the question so that it can be clearly understood. How will you ensure the independence of the social sector fund you are proposing if the fund must meet the objectives included in a national strategic plan? How are you going to ensure its independence from the federal government?
How would the tax work? Based on the degree of capitalization of the various foundations, how would the tax be differentiated?