OTTAWA—The political stalemate over health-care spending in Canada started to ease one heat August day on a New Brunswick cottage porch 20 minutes north of Shediac. It ended six months later in chilly downtown Ottawa, because the premiers weighed a 10-year, $46.2-billion proposal by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that fell wanting provincial calls for however…
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc mentioned Monday that ongoing federal-provincial talks on the Canada Well being Switch (CHT) are going effectively — and there might be a summit between the prime minister and the premiers within the coming days to finalize a rise to the Canada Well being Switch. Talking to reporters in Hamilton forward of a Liberal cupboard retreat…
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston held a summit with provincial health-care leaders Tuesday after the latest deaths of two sufferers who sought therapy in hospital emergency departments. “The occasions during the last week or so have put in a brand new sense of urgency,” Houston mentioned in reference to the deaths of Allison Holthoff and Charlene Snow —…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned Monday he hopes to announce “constructive steps ahead within the very close to future” on well being care — suggesting the years-long standoff between Ottawa and the provinces over health-care funding could also be resolved quickly. Chatting with reporters in Saskatoon after touring a uncommon earth components processing plant, Trudeau…