Vaughn Palmer: Horgan takes one last stab at prying more health-care dollars from Ottawa
“The time is up,” declared Horgan in a posting to his Twitter account on Monday. “While B.C. waits on Ottawa, people wait for health care.
The percentages would translate into a $28 billion increase for the country. B.C.’s share would be in the $3.5 billion to $4 billion range. Horgan has been voicing doubts for some time about the prospects for Ottawa increasing its share of health funding. This week’s social media postings did list four broad priorities for increased federal funding: “More access to doctors, more health-care workers, mental health and addictions services, and better long-term care.”Article content
Actually, Singh could have influenced that decision earlier this year, when he was negotiating the power-sharing agreement between his party and the federal Liberals.Article content
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