19 October 2016 - It’s been a while since Canadians have heard their Prime Minister berate the provinces for how they spend the health-care money Ottawa sends their way. 

But Justin Trudeau this week finally revealed more about his vision of Canadian federalism in one sentence about cash transfers to the provinces for health care than he has in a year of travelling the country as the second coming.

“Canadians expect that any new money invested in health by the federal government is actually spent on health by the provinces and not on tax cuts or I-don’t-know-what [other] programs,” Mr. Trudeau told Le Devoir on Monday, suggesting that billions in health transfers accorded by the previous Conservative government were diverted by the provinces to other uses.

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