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The federal government wants to make sure billions of dollars transferred to the provinces and territories for health care will"deliver real, tangible results for Canadians" with shorter wait times and better services, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.
Andrew Longhurst, a health policy researcher at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., said Ottawa is right to be concerned about how the provinces and territories spend health transfer money because it has historically flowed into their general accounts, and in some cases, they have gone on to cut taxes and run surpluses in their budgets.
"The reality that we see among our health-care workforces across the country and our health services, is severe strain to the point of collapsing ... because we're not managing the ongoing pandemic in a smart way," Longhurst said. Horgan, who chairs the premiers' council, said he wrote to Trudeau in December and April with a proposal on how to start the work, but hadn't heard back.
Horgan, along with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and others, said they haven't seen the potential conditions Ottawa may be looking to attach to the funds.
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