Justin Trudeau has agreed to hold a virtual first ministers meeting on federal health care transfers to the provinces and territories.His agreement during a conference call with premiers Thursday came one day after Quebec’s Francois Legault and Ontario’s Doug Ford issued a joint call for a significant increase in the funding Ottawa sends them to help cover mushrooming health care costs.
Coronavirus reveals difference between U.S., Canadian health care, former insurance executive says The federal government has already committed to transferring $19 billion to the provinces to help them cope with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, including some $10 billion for health-related expenses.But Legault and Ford pointed out that money is a.