Better access to health care requires increased funding in the network. It is therefore becoming urgent for the Legault government to conclude an agreement with Ottawa on health transfers.
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Moreover, an important meeting of the premiers on this subject will take place on Monday.
Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario said he was in talks with the federal government to reach a bilateral agreement.
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“We had some good conversations yesterday,” he says. “Our common goal is to achieve an excellent agreement that will be lasting.”
Quebec seems to be a more difficult province to negotiate with, but Jean-Yves Duclos, federal Minister of Health, still reaches out to his counterpart, Christian Dubé for a possible meeting.
“The Government of Canada has announced significant amounts in the last few days,” he explains. “I look forward to working with Mr. Dubé and I told him that I was at his disposal. Mr. Trudeau sent the same message to Mr. Legault.”