The Health Minister Mark Holland has just signed a $3.7 billion health agreement with Quebec today, making it so all 13 provinces and territories have now agreed to the new health agreement from Ottawa.
More than a year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proposed a new deal on health funding to provinces to increase federal health transfers and offer specific assistance.
The proposal was made as premiers and health workers expressed concern about the declining condition of Canada’s healthcare systems.
In return for the money, Ottawa requires provinces to provide information on how the funds will be used and to assess whether the funds are leading to better health outcomes for Canadians.
Quebec was the only province that initially did not agree to the deal, due to worries about its health data sovereignty and Ottawa's exceeding its authority.
Now that Ottawa has reached agreements with each province and territory, Holland states that he will gather his colleagues in health ministry in the following weeks to discuss the next actions.
