In return for the ‘large sum of money on offer,’ government expects a pledge from premiers that none of it will be diverted to non-health care spending, official says
. That bilateral money will largely be divided among the provinces and territories essentially on a per capita basis, the official said.
Still, the 13 provincial and territorial leaders, who meet Monday in Ottawa in advance of their get together with Mr. Trudeau, are no longer expecting the federal government to fully meet theirdemands, according to federal and provincial sources.
But as the country’s health care systems buckled under the pressures of the pandemic and systemic woes, such as long surgical waiting times and a lack of family doctors, the premiers began demanding much more from Ottawa. In 2020, the premiers asked for an immediate, no-strings attached increase to the CHT to. That would have meant a $28-billion increase.
The sources said tying part of Ottawa’s funding to bilateral deals gives the federal government more power to impose conditions. It’s expected that they’ll be similar to those included in the $10-a-day child-care funding deals. Those agreements required provincial and territorial governments to submit reports explaining how the money is being spent, what the expected outcomes are and showing that the new federal money is not simply displacing previous provincial spending.
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