Premiers push for more unconditional health-care funding from feds
Sep 23, 2021 | 3:24 PM
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OTTAWA — Canada’s premiers are pushing the newly re-elected federal government for more unconditional health-care funding as their top priority.
The provincial and territorial leaders held a teleconference Thursday to discuss what they need from the federal government to address crucial health priorities.
The premiers have asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold a first ministers’ meeting before the next speech from the throne, where they plan to demand an increase in long-term, unconditional health funding.
They’re asking the federal government to immediately increase its share of health care costs from 22 to 35 per cent and increase funding by a minimum of five per cent annually.
