Chrystia Freeland says the provinces, territories and municipalities have now received more than $2.85 billion promised months ago.
Most of it is a $2-billion health transfer top-up the federal government pledged for provincial and territorial governments in March mainly to help relieve surgical backlogs.
But the transfer also comes days after premiers were heavily critical of the federal Liberals for not shouldering enough of the weight of health-care costs. It also includes the $750-million pledged in February for municipal governments to manage plunging public transit revenues as a result of the pandemic.Article content
The one-time top-up to health funding was promised by Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos March 25, and he and Freeland co-sponsored a bill to enable that spending the same day.
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