Feds’ offer on health funding for provinces falls short: new study
OTTAWA — A new report suggests the federal government’s offer on health funding to the provinces doesn’t provide enough cash to help them keep up services in the coming years.
The study, to be released Monday by a University of Ottawa think tank, follows months of bitter federal-provincial talks over health funding.
On one side, the Trudeau government says it has put forward a “historic” offer with the potential to transform health care in Canada.
On the other side, five provinces — representing more than 90 per cent of the country’s population — argue the federal offer is inadequate and threatens their ability to maintain health services at current levels.