Health Ministers
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Health ministers to hear more details on federal funding promised by OttawaB.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.CanadaNov 8, 2022
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Ottawa willing to increase flow of health-care cash to provinces on 2 conditionsOttawa, 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.HealthNov 7, 2022
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Feds say police cannabis testing ongoing, rules on edibles in place in 1 yearThe premiers and some police agencies have said the timeline is far too ambitious and that Canada won't be ready by next summer.HealthOct 20, 2017
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Health ministers looking at electronic database to fight opioid crisisCanada's health ministers are looking at ways of working together, including an electronic prescription database, to fight the growing crisis in opioid addictions.CanadaOct 19, 2017
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Feds come to health-care funding agreement with NWT, Nunavut and YukonThe federal government says it has reached a health-care funding agreement with the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.CanadaJan 16, 2017
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Provinces push Justin Trudeau for face to face sitdown on health careThe federal government's push to close bilateral health-funding deals with individual provinces and territories appears to be losing momentum.CanadaJan 3, 2017
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Nova Scotia, New Brunswick split on Ottawa’s cash for health care offerAfter 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.CanadaDec 20, 2016
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Provinces, territories take a pass on Trudeau government’s health care funding offerFinance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government has been unable to reach a deal with the provinces and territories on health-care funding.CanadaDec 19, 2016
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Tense federal-provincial talks on health care underwayOttawa 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.CanadaOct 18, 2016
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Plan to slash health transfers not sitting well with provincial, territorial ministersHealth Minister Jane Philpott faces a tough discussion with her provincial and territorial counterparts in Toronto this morning.CanadaOct 18, 2016
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