Feds Spending Plan Heads to Confidence Vote as Provinces Seek More Health Care Cash

Feds Spending Plan Heads to Confidence Vote as Provinces Seek More Health Care Cash
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at Rideau Cottage during the COVID pandemic in Ottawa on Dec. 1, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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OTTAWA—Canada’s most populous province says the federal Liberal government missed an opportunity in its new spending plan to signal more help for health−care systems, setting up a potential showdown next week between the prime minister and premiers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet Dec. 10 with the country’s premiers, who have been demanding a meeting since September to talk about the annual federal transfer payments to provinces and territories for health care.