Premiers emerge from Winnipeg meeting united in call for more federal health-care funding | 24CA News

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Published 09.12.2022
Premiers emerge from Winnipeg meeting united in call for more federal health-care funding | 24CA News
Manitoba

Canada’s premiers are demanding Ottawa shoulder what they argue is the federal authorities’s justifiable share in relation to health-care prices throughout the nation.

Ottawa has stated more cash would hinge on provinces assembly sure situations

Heather Stefanson stands at a podium, in front of a monitor showing 10 other people in separate windows.
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson holds a digital media convention with all of the premiers of Canada on the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg Friday. (Travis Golby/CBC)

Canada’s premiers are demanding Ottawa shoulder what they argue is the federal authorities’s justifiable share in relation to health-care prices throughout the nation.

Premiers offered a united entrance as they emerged from a closed-door assembly in Winnipeg in the present day with requires Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit down down with them to dealer a deal.

Premiers have repeatedly insisted their provinces and territories are being pressured to pay a disproportionate quantity of the prices in relation to well being care.

Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has stated the federal government is open to offering more cash.

But he says Ottawa has sure situations it desires the provinces to satisfy when it comes to the place the funding would go.

Premiers have pushed again in opposition to such situations, with Ontario Premier Doug Ford saying provinces want flexibility.