Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and premiers are to meet in Ottawa in two weeks to work on a new health-care deal.
Trudeau said Wednesday he issued an invitation for the premiers to join him in the capital on Feb. 7, but he warned that Canadians shouldn't expect a deal to get done that day.
“This will be a detailed conversation where the government of Canada will put before the premiers what we think are detailed and significant proposals that answer so many of the common priorities that provinces and territories have been discussing with our government over the last number of months,” he said.
Trudeau has now issued an invitation to the premiers to come five days earlier. Ontario Premier Doug Ford immediately said he would be there. Instead, he said that when it comes to improving the country's health-care system, he would focus on priorities that include shortening wait times and working with provinces to speed up credential recognition for immigrants.
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