Atlantic premiers to meet in P.E.I. following health-care funding talks with feds | 24CA News

The Council of Atlantic Premiers is about to satisfy in Prince Edward Island Monday.

P.E.I. Premier Dennis King, chair of the council, will host the assembly in Charlottetown along with his fellow premiers from the area.

While it’s not clear what the assembly might be about, it comes in any case 13 of Canada’s premiers agreed in precept to a funding deal from the federal Liberals offered throughout a well being summit with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Feb. 7. The deal will infuse $46.2 billion in new cash for well being care over the following decade to the provinces and territories on high of pre-established well being funding streams from Ottawa.

This new federal cash contains a number of parts, together with $25 million earmarked for bilateral offers with every particular person province and territory to be geared toward focused measures aware of the distinctive wants of every area.

At least two of Atlantic Canada’s 4 premiers have already held a minimum of one assembly with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc to begin negotiations on their bilateral well being accords.

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston met with Duclos and LeBlanc final week of their respective provinces, and each shared optimistic suggestions on social media indicating their willingness to work collaboratively with the federal authorities.

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Houston described his assembly with the 2 federal ministers as “great”, including that “when it comes to improving health care for Nova Scotians, our government will always be a partner, not an obstacle.”

Furey mentioned he mentioned his province’s “alignment of shared priorities” with Duclos and LeBlanc, “building on the health accord and our plan to improve the health-care system for all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.”

Altogether, Ottawa will ship $196.1 billion to the provinces and territories over the following 10 years underneath the brand new funding settlement.

King will host a news convention in Charlottetown at 11:15 a.m. AT, the place he might be accompanied by Furey, Houston and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs.

Further particulars haven’t been supplied.

More to come back.

— With recordsdata from The Canadian Press

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