The provincial and territorial premiers will meet on Feb. 10 to discuss the federal government’s offer to increase health-care funding to the provinces, which will come several days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented it, according a report.
“We’re having our meeting on Friday and I’d like to move quickly,” said Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey during an interview on CBC’s “Power & Politics” on Feb. 7.
Trudeau’s offer, which he presented on Feb. 7, would see over $196 billion going to the provinces and territories over the next 10 years to improve their respective health-care systems, but about three-quarters of that money had already been promised previously existing transfer formulas and deals….