After months of feuding over calls for increased transfers, the federal government says it’s willing to provide additional health-care dollars to provinces and territories.
In exchange, however, federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the jurisdictions must commit to expanding the use of common key health indicators and to building a “world-class” health data system for the country.
Duclos is set to meet provincial and territorial ministers in Vancouver on Monday evening and again on Tuesday. It will be the first time all of Canada’s health ministers have gathered in person since 2018.
As it stands, the federal government covers about 22 per cent of health-care costs and the rest is up to provincial and territorial governments.
Those governments have formally requested Ottawa increase its contribution to 35 per cent — a potential funding increase across the country of more than $40 billion.
