Premier Doug Ford says Ontario can live with federal strings attached to any new health-care funding from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“Yes,” Ford said Wednesday at an Etobicoke pharmacy where he was promoting his government’s recent move to allow pharmacists to prescribe medication for 13 minor ailments.
“Because sometimes you need to shift funds as long as it’s transparent, and people can see it and the feds can see it in the province.” Aside from Ottawa’s insistence on tying new finding to better outcomes for patients, the federal-provincial impasse is bogged down by accounting differences. “And we’re going to keep knocking on the door until till the prime minister is able to sit down with us,” he said.
“We need to be bold. We need to be innovative. We need to be creative. We need to look to other provinces and countries to see what they’re doing differently and for the best ideas,” said the premier, stressing health care must remain publicly funded and universally available.
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