Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Quebec Premier François Legault told reporters Tuesday that they are keen to strike a deal
The proposal will include tens of billions of dollars of new money as well as earlier planned increases to the Canada Health Transfer, the source said. The provinces are already scheduled to get a 9.5-per-cent increase in health care transfers this year, amounting to $49.4-billion from the $45.2-billion in projected payments in the 2022-23 fiscal year.
The Prime Minister also wants a commitment from his counterparts that none of the new federal funds will go to non-health care spending and that the provinces and territories will not reduce their contributions to medicare, according to a source. On Monday Mr. Trudeau told the House of Commons that the new federal funding will be focused on improving the results and outcomes in Canada’s health care systems.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Roseanne Archibald issued a strongly-worded statement Monday calling the Prime Minister’s commitment to reconciliation “performative.”
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