Pierre Poilievre says he would honour Trudeau’s health-care offer to provinces. But the Conservative leader tempered his support with accusations that if had not been for Liberal overspending in other areas, there could have been more money on the table.
to the provinces and territories, and promised he’d honour it if he ever becomes prime minister.
“A future Conservative government led by myself will keep in place these additional sums and honour the commitments made yesterday,” he told reporters on his way into his party’s weekly meeting on Parliament Hill. Poilievre — who has staked political ground on the need to get so-called government gatekeepers out of the way — also appeared to side with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on another issue: that the federal government ought to have some say in how health-care dollars are spent.
“I think we should have shared goals,” he said, when asked if a Conservative government would attach conditions to future health-care funding increases.
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