COVID-19 pandemic.Pallister says unlike some previous cases such as health-care negotiations, the provinces stuck together this time and got a better deal from Ottawa.
Coronavirus: Provinces to receive $19B from Ottawa to restart economies Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will contribute $19 billion under the Safe Restart Agreement to help provinces fund things such as child care, contact tracing and personal protective equipment.There is also money to bail out municipal governments.Trudeau had promised $14 billion in early June, but several premiers said they needed more money and also resisted some of the conditions the government wanted to put on the deal.Pallister says the end result will help fight the.