The country’s premiers say they have made no progress with the federal government to ensure a sustainable health care funding plan. They are seeking slightly more than a one-third contribution to health investment through federal transfer payments.
The Council of the Federation, which includes all of Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial premiers, said in a Nov. 8 news release that the group is “disappointed with the lack of a federal response on the critical issue of sustainable health funding.”
The premiers are asking the federal government to “increase the CHT [Canada Health Transfer] so that its share of provincial and territorial health care costs rises from 22 percent to 35 percent, and to maintain this level over time.”…