Health Ministers

• Health ministers to hear more details on federal funding promised by Ottawa

  B.C. is hosting the country's health ministers for a second day of talks in Vancouver that are set to include discussions with federal minister Jean-Yves Duclos.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
  
• Ottawa willing to increase flow of health-care cash to provinces on 2 conditions

  Ottawa, the provinces and territories have been feuding for months over increasing the federal health transfers. As it stands, Ottawa covers about 22 per cent of health-care costs.

  Health

  Nov 7, 2022
  
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• Feds say police cannabis testing ongoing, rules on edibles in place in 1 year

  The premiers and some police agencies have said the timeline is far too ambitious and that Canada won't be ready by next summer.

  Health

  Oct 20, 2017
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• Health ministers looking at electronic database to fight opioid crisis

  Canada's health ministers are looking at ways of working together, including an electronic prescription database, to fight the growing crisis in opioid addictions.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2017
• Feds come to health-care funding agreement with NWT, Nunavut and Yukon

  The federal government says it has reached a health-care funding agreement with the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2017
• Provinces push Justin Trudeau for face to face sitdown on health care

  The federal government's push to close bilateral health-funding deals with individual provinces and territories appears to be losing momentum.

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2017
• Nova Scotia, New Brunswick split on Ottawa’s cash for health care offer

  After talks in Ottawa failed to reach a new federal health accord, New Brunswick said it would try and strike a bilateral deal, but Nova Scotia is sticking with other provinces.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2016
• Provinces, territories take a pass on Trudeau government’s health care funding offer

  Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government has been unable to reach a deal with the provinces and territories on health-care funding.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2016
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• Tense federal-provincial talks on health care underway

  Ottawa knows health costs are ballooning, yet it is trying to sell provinces and territories on $60 billion less over the next decade, Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette said Tuesday as he and his counterparts began tense talks with the federal minister.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2016
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• Plan to slash health transfers not sitting well with provincial, territorial ministers

  Health Minister Jane Philpott faces a tough discussion with her provincial and territorial counterparts in Toronto this morning.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2016