Canada’s premiers kicked off their annual three-day conference Monday by meeting with Indigenous leaders on issues including housing, child welfare and reconciliation. David Chartrand, head of the Manitoba Métis Federation, said the premiers listened as ideas were discussed on ways to build more affordable housing. Chartrand said he pointed to the federation’s recent move to pay for 800 housing […]
The last time all of Canada’s premiers sat down around the same table, their attention was focused on getting Ottawa to pay more to fix the understaffed, hospitals, shuttered emergency rooms, surgical backlogs and health-worker shortages threatening the viability of their health systems. When they sit down in Winnipeg for their annual summer gathering this week, the attention […]
The federal government says in a news release that it has signed an agreement in principle with Manitoba to invest more than $6.7 billion in the province’s health-care system over 10 years. That includes more than $1.2 billion for a new bilateral agreement focusing on shared health-care priorities. It also includes $72 million in an […]
It wasn’t the increase the premiers were asking for, but it was an increase. Canada’s premiers formally accepted an offer from the federal government for billions in additional healthcare funding but say they will also insist the money continue to flow for more than ten years. The deal amounts to an additional $46 billion from […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers will meet in Ottawa February 7th in a bid to find a new funding deal for health care. The prime minister and his cabinet are on the third and final day of a retreat in Hamilton, Ont. ahead of the return of Parliament next week. Ongoing negotiations towards a […]
Canada’s premiers presented a united front Friday as they demanded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau come to the table personally to hammer out an agreement for Ottawa to shoulder more of the burden when it comes to health-care costs. Premiers also defended their refusal to accept conditions for additional federal funds, and pushed back on any […]
Its not the heady days of the past, where Scott Moe’s popularity was topping 60 percent, but the premier still enjoys firm support in Saskatchewan. According to “The Angus Reid Group”, Moe has the support of 56 percent of the voters in Saskatchewan. That’s second among all Canadian premiers. Only Quebec’s Francois Legault has a […]
