$600M health-care cheque incoming to B.C., details need to be stitched to close the deal
A $600 million cheque for health care is on its way to B.C. this year, but Ottawa and Victoria are still deciding on how to spend some of it.
The federal delegation arrived Monday in Victoria from Canada’s east coast after the provincial and territorial leaders had agreed to accept a new health care-funding proposal from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The money from the federal government is less than what provincial and territorial leaders had initially asked for, but Eby praised the deal Monday, saying it reverses years of declining support.
The feds will make annual increases to the CHT of at least five per cent for the next five years and additional money for bilateral deals. Over the next five years, B.C.’s amount varies between $300 and $500 million.“We haven’t pre-determined any areas, but we are broadly supportive of the buckets that the federal government have set out, around mental health and addiction, around home-care, around long-term care,” he said.
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