Opinion: Has Trudeau become the head waiter to the provinces?
After months of deadlock, last week the federal provincial territorial medicare file looked more hopeful. Ontario premier Doug Ford said he would be willing to accept some conditions on new federal health spending. Justin Trudeau signalled his pleasure. Everyone started to smile. Should we?
It’s not clear what the prime minister is getting. The feds will claim that they got their conditions on information. That’s good. Some information is getting better. But we have the developed world’s poorest immunization information systems.last year. And the province has cut taxes, especially benefitting the well-to-do.he was going to send a lot of public hospital services
to the community, by which he meant the for profit sector. Fanning moral panic, he said long wait-lists mean we must do something different. Many critics pointed out Ford’s plan was bad on multiple levels. Firstly, it’s not necessary. Ironically, Ford made his announcement at downtown Toronto’s Kensington Health Centre, a health campus with a large public sector ambulatory surgical facility. Their website highlights that they are “
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