Summit between provincial leaders, Justin Trudeau scheduled for Feb. 7
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is “very confident” that provinces and territories will reach a new health-care deal with Ottawa, even as he remains mum on the Premiers’ key demand for a significant federal funding increase to 35 per cent of costs.
“We’ll sit down with the Prime Minister and I’m very, very confident by the time we sit down we’ll all come together and make sure it’s a fair deal for the provinces, territories and most importantly the people of our province and Canada.” “We’ll come up with the right amount that’s going to work for all the provinces and territories. And again, we have a really good relationship with the federal government so we’ll work hard, and there’s always a little give and take when you negotiate anything,” he said.
is on the table, with Ontario alone in talks for $70-billion in health transfers over a 10-year deal.
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