Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2016
Ottawa won’t boost provincial health transfers without reform plan: Philpott
16 October 2016 - The federal Health Minister says Ottawa has been giving large sums of money to the provinces and territories for health care without assurances that it is being used for that purpose and the result is a mediocre system must be transformed to better meet Canadians’ needs.
The strong words from Jane Philpott came Monday on the eve of a meeting with her provincial and territorial counterparts who were discussing ways to force the federal government to abandon its plan to cut the increase in the annual Canada Health Transfer to 3 per cent.
