Canada’s premiers are hoping this week’s federal cabinet retreat in Hamilton, Ontario, might bring them closer to a new deal on healthcare funding.
The premiers want Ottawa to boost its share of health-care spending as provincial systems teeter on the brink of disaster.
Multiple emergency rooms and departments across Lanark County hospitals were forced to close last year due to staffing shortages.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says his take on the most recent work last week shows significant goodwill on all sides to make improvements.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeatedly said more money will come, but he wants more accountability from provinces that the funds will be spent on meaningful improvements in patient care, such as investments in family medicine.
The Canadian Press
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