The federal government has withdrawn from a joint communique on health funding with provincial and territorial ministers.
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, front right, is flanked by his provincial and territorial counterparts as he listens to a question during a news conference after the first of two days of meetings, in Vancouver, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he went to the meetings “in good faith” but blamed premiers for giving their ministers “marching orders” to force the talks to end with no deal. He also says the premiers were responsible for making their health ministers “stop doing their job” at the meetings.
Dix says the outcome isn’t what Canadians expected, and the federal government made the decision not to participate in the joint communique and a joint news conference.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.Duclos had said Monday that the government was ready to boost the health transfer, with various conditions, including a commitment to a common set of health benchmarks and data sharing, a position Prime Minister Justin Trudeau echoed.
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