Category: health care transfers

Premiers Express Disappointment With Trudeau Pitch for Health Care Transfer Deal

February 7, 2023
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After the first meeting between Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in over two years, the premiers came away expressing disappointment in the federal government’s offer on health care transfers, and an intention to continue negotiations. In a meeting in Ottawa on Feb. 7, Trudeau offered to increase the federal share…

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Ottawa Pledges $196 Billion in Health-Care Funding to Provinces Over 10 Years

February 7, 2023
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The federal government is prepared to increase federal health-care transfers to the provinces by over $196 billion over the next 10 years—which includes over $46 billion in new spending, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau met with all 13 provincial and territorial premiers in Ottawa on Feb. 7 to discuss the long-awaited health-care funding deal….

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‘Lots of Work’ Needed Before Ottawa Can Finalize Provincial Health-Care Funding Deal, Says Minister

January 17, 2023
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Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says there’s “lots of work” to be done yet before the federal government can finalize its potential health-care funding increase to the provinces, which has been in the works for months. “[We need to] keep working very hard in the weeks to come because lots of work still needs to be…

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Trudeau Says Ottawa Withholding Health-Care Transfers to N.B. Over Abortion Access

July 27, 2021
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MONCTON, N.B.—New Brunswick is failing to live up to its obligations under the Canada Health Act because it continues to make it difficult for women to access abortions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. As a consequence, the federal government is withholding health-care transfers to the province, Trudeau told reporters in Moncton, N.B. “Making sure…

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