Premiers Want Ottawa Along for ‘Generational Opportunity’ to Modernize Health Care

Premiers Want Ottawa Along for ‘Generational Opportunity’ to Modernize Health Care
Premiers mingle during a photo op while at the summer meeting of the Canada's Premiers at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria, on July 11, 2022. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito
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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.