The federal government won’t make public its multibillion offer to the provinces on health care until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets premiers and territorial leaders in Ottawa next week.
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The Star has learned the federal government is looking to build into those agreements a mechanism to review the health spending, what results are achieved and what gaps show up, before the expiry of the deals to ensure ongoing funding keeps pace with needs. Now, one week away from the Feb. 7 federal-provincial meeting, any other details on what an ultimate settlement will look like are held very tightly among a handful of officials.
Long-term predictable federal funding provided via the Canada Health Transfer — the largest envelope of money Ottawa sends to provinces — is not a mechanism by which Ottawa can insist on any conditions, and provinces can move the money around within their own budgeted spending however they see fit. For the fiscal year 2022-23 that ends in March, Ottawa is spending $45.2 billion on the transfer, and that number is forecast to rise in 2023-24 to $49.3 billion.
Several sources described the current mood in ongoing federal-provincial talks behind the scenes as “collaborative.”
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