Premiers ‘Very Disappointed’ PM Wouldn’t Talk Health Care Funding at Meeting: Legault

Premiers ‘Very Disappointed’ PM Wouldn’t Talk Health Care Funding at Meeting: Legault
Quebec Premier Francois Legault reacts to talks he had with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and provincial premiers on Dec. 10, 2020 at the legislature in Quebec City. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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OTTAWA—Premiers expressed disappointment Thursday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to accede to their demand for an immediate infusion of at least $28 billion more each year in annual federal transfers for health care.

Their complaints came after a daylong, virtual first ministers’ meeting during which Trudeau promised that Ottawa will foot the bill for purchasing millions of doses of vaccines to inoculate Canadians against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.