Canada’s premiers want the federal government to stop “quibbling” about its share of health-care funding and partner with them on a “generational opportunity” to modernize a failing system, they said Tuesday after two days of meetings.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan, chair of the Council of the Federation, said unprecedented collaboration between Ottawa and all jurisdictions during the pandemic paved the way for innovation, and it needs to continue with ideas on how to train, retain and recruit more health-care workers.