Federal health care deal ‘dangerous, reckless and risky:’ Manitoba premier
WINNIPEG — Premier Brian Pallister says Manitoba will continue to be the lone holdout on a federal health care deal he called “dangerous, reckless and risky,” even if it means forgoing funding for mental health and home care.
The other provinces have signed on to the deal which limits annual health-transfer increases to three per cent a year — half the six per cent annual increase set out in the last long-term agreement with the provinces.
But the federal government has offered up extra money for specific projects in various provinces including opioid addiction.
“The federal government is taking 20 times as much money off the table for health care under this proposal as it’s laying out in incentives and inducements,” a visibly angry Pallister said Friday.