The provinces say they are accountable “every day” when it comes to their budgets as the federal government insists any additional health-care funding will come with strings attached.
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However, the federal government said it actually already provides about one-third of health care costs to provinces and territories — and that any additional funding would come with accountability measures. “The so-called strings make it sound like there’s some sort of a serf relationship here … We are equal orders of government. There’s not a hierarchy here. We are the same and we’re saying we need to sit down collectively and figure out where we go from here.”
Horgan, who chairs the Council of the Federation, said provinces and territories have been waiting for eight months to sit down with the federal government to talk about health care, and can’t wait any longer.
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