Ontario signs on to $3.1B health-care deal with federal government

Ontario has become the latest province to sign on for its share of a nearly $200-billion health-funding deal from the federal government. The money is meant to help ease the pressures Canada’s health-care system is facing amid staff shortages and major backlogs. But as Mackenzie Gray reports, critics say it won’t be enough to make impactful changes.

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