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EDMONTON — Alberta has become the seventh province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding.
That includes $2.9 billion for a new bilateral agreement focused on shared health priorities and $233 million in an immediate, one-time top up to the Canada Health Transfer to address urgent needs, which include help for pediatric hospitals and emergency rooms, as well as addressing long wait times for surgeries.
Alberta joins the four Atlantic provinces, Ontario and Manitoba in signing on to the health-care deal. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in a written statement that the agreement will support her government's efforts to improve health care.
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