Category: health care deal

Ottawa Reaches Agreement in Principle With Ontario, Atlantic Canada on Health Care

Ontario and the four Atlantic provinces reached an agreement in principle with the federal government on a new health care funding deal proposed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 7. With the five provinces signing a memorandum of understanding on Feb. 23 to begin the next phase of negotiations, they will next have to come…


Premiers Accept Federal Funding Deal on Health Care

Heather Stefanson, the premier of Manitoba and president of the Council of the Federation of premiers, said Monday that the country’s premiers have agreed to accept the federal government’s offer for a 10-year deal on health care funding, despite the offer being considerably less than the provinces and territories requested. The provinces are now reportedly working…