Lots of baloney in claims that bilateral health deals could harm overall system
OTTAWA — “If he (Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) is trying to dismantle universal health care by stealth, this is the way to do it: underfund it and have separate agreements with the provinces.” — Manitoba Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen, in an interview with The Canadian Press on Jan. 6, 2017.
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The Trudeau government found some success in recent weeks as it completed bilateral deals with individual provinces on federal health-care funding.
The effort, which yielded side agreements with three provinces, followed bitter talks towards a national deal that eventually collapsed late last month.