Feds Commit Another $2B to Provinces to Address Health Backlogs Caused by COVID-19

Feds Commit Another $2B to Provinces to Address Health Backlogs Caused by COVID-19
Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos rises during Question Period in Ottawa, March 24, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will commit another $2 billion to help provincial health systems work through their surgical and diagnostic backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The money, included in the newly tabled Bill C-17, follows a $4-billion top-up to the federal health transfer last summer and is expected to be a one-time payment, distributed equally based on population.