health care funding

After more than two days of meeting, provincial health ministers and the federal health minister have been unable to come up with next steps on health care funding. In a statement from the Council of the Federation, released while the…

Provincial and territorial health ministers have presented a united front as they seek more federal funding, and Tuesday expect to hear more details on cash promised by their federal counterpart. British Columbia Health Minister…

After months of feuding over calls for increased transfers, the federal government says it’s willing to provide additional health-care dollars to provinces and territories. In exchange, however, federal Health Minister Jean-Yves…

Canada’s premiers are dialing up the political heat in their efforts to get Ottawa to increase federal health transfers to the provinces and territories. The premiers have launched a new advertising campaign through the Council of the…

A spike in health-care spending during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to some serious financial challenges for provinces as they work to rebuild their health systems in the aftermath, according to the Canadian Institute for…