Ottawa signs health-care funding deals with Ontario, Atlantic provinces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has signed health-care agreements in principle with all four Atlantic provinces and Ontario.
He made the announcement as he spoke with students in Halifax earlier this morning. Ontario announced its 10-year deal in principle on health care on Thursday, paving the way for both sides to iron out the details of how the new money will be spent.
Read more: Premiers agree to accept Ottawa’s health funding offer: ‘A step in the right direction’ Read next: How rising food prices make eating healthy a big-time struggle for some Canadians Health Minister Sylvia Jones said the province accepted the deal on Wednesday after the two sides agreed to add reviews into the deal to ensure long-term sustainability. “As Ontario continues to invest at record levels in our publicly funded system, this additional funding will bolster Ontario’s investments in health care as we implement our plan for connected and convenient care,” Jones wrote in a statement Thursday. “We look forward to working with our federal counterparts to reach common ground on ensuring there is sustainable federal health-care funding for generations to come.
Ontarians deserve no less.” Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, the two federal ministers who have been travelling across Canada to negotiate Ottawa’s new $196.1 billion health-care funding offer to the provinces, will provide further details about the agreements reached with the provinces in an event this afternoon at 1 p.m.
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