Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet face-to-face for the first time Sunday, as several key federal-provincial issues continue to fester unresolved.
The two leaders will cross paths at the Lunar New Year Chinatown Parade in Vancouver. In typical Trudeau fashion, it will be a flashy photo-op with comparatively little time for substantial talk. But, then again, that’s just how this prime minister rolls.The biggest is increased federal health care funding, which has been a dispute between all provinces and Ottawa for almost a year.
“First of all, it means collecting data the same way: making sure that there are comparable indicators across the country, making sure that there are things that actually matter to Canadians, like the percentage of citizens in your province that have access to a primary-care physician.” While BC New Democrats have long been amongst the most vocal champions of Tommy Douglas’s universal public health-care system, their new premier is a pragmatist, driven by data-based decisions, committed to moving quickly to tackle the health care crisis and show visible improvements within the next 18 months. It’s not difficult to imagine him supporting Ontario’s move, as well as other reforms, to access the federal cash, break the negotiation logjam, and get improvements rolling in the system.
Those might require more time for the leaders to hash out – which is unlikely. Trudeau rarely seems to engage that long on matters of substance. He’s like a magician, preferring to arrive with a splashy entrance, nail a couple of tricks and then take off before the applause ends and people realize nothing actuall happened.
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