Alberta among provinces that have reached health accord with Ottawa
Posted Mar 10, 2017 10:04 am.
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Ottawa has reached health agreements with Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, a dramatic turnaround after months of negotiations and threats of walkouts at meetings last year.
Health Minister Jane Philpott confirmed the deals in the House of Commons with a wide grin and high-fives with her fellow cabinet ministers.
No additional details were immediately available.
The agreements come on the heels of an arrangement reached last month with British Columbia that included 1.4-billion dollars in health-funding over a 10-year period, leaving Manitoba as the only remaining holdout.
Philpott has advocated for targeted money in home care and mental health in order to ensure the areas are treated as priorities.
The federal government has been negotiating bilateral deals with the provinces and territories after they collectively rejected an offer last year of 11-billion dollars over 10 years in the two targeted areas in exchange for a reduction in the annual increase in health transfers.
