If there’s one thing Canadian politicians agree on, it’s this: our health care system needs more money. With crowded emergency rooms, long wait times, and too few staff, health care is in critical condition. We need to save the patient, and it will take a transfusion of cash.Canada’s premiers have been crying poor for a couple of years now, demanding billions of dollars from Ottawa. We’re at the point where a casual observer might think health care is primarily a federal responsibility.
The biggest shortfall will be in health care, the FAO says. Under current plans, funding for health care over the next three years will be $5 billion less than what is needed just to maintain existing programs. You wouldn’t know it from listening to Queen’s Park, but Ontario’s finances are in very good shape right now. Following last year’s $2.1 billion budget surplus, the FAO estimates the province will have a small deficit this year but then surpluses next year and beyond.
When it comes to drafting a bilateral deal with Ontario, this is no small matter. Since being elected in 2018, the current government at Queen’s Park has brought in over two dozen tax cuts, tax credits, and fee cuts. These changes are draining at least $8.2 billion a year from provincial coffers. That money — or some of it, anyway — could easily have gone to health care.
From a business perspective… would you write a blank cheque for billions without asking for receipts? Hell no, you wouldn’t.
Does this mean I won’t be getting a rebate on license sticker fees back 10 years, six months before the next provincial election?
How come Ottawa is not accountable for money they spend..just everyone else…works both ways
No, Liberals deliberately over spent else where. Now they're counting pennies with conditions when it comes to health care.
And yet the Trudeau Gov't is not accountable or transparent with all their spending.
Speaking of accountability for public dollars….
Wish we had set conditions on funding this federal govt before they amassed a $1.3 trillion debt with little transparency.
'he added that federal health care dollars should not be spent “to send cheques to people on the eve of an election.”' But all the times the Libs give away billions just before an election, that's ok, right? Liberal hypocrisy, it's like they breathe it.
The Feds are giving a pittance. Ontario might get $1B/year out of this. We already spend $75B/year. It’s a drop in the bucket. Feds asking for accountability is like your grandma giving you $20 and telling you not to spend it all in one place.
How about the federal govt shows some accountability for its own spending first? Take that $173M they blew on a virus lab that isn't going to exist?
What an exciting, dramatic fight between different levels of bureaucracy. Almost like it isn’t all just our tax dollars they’re squabbling over. Kick them all out.
Thanks for the Laugh TO Star, are we hiring this out too?
Exactly what fordnation would demand if he were in Trudeaus shoes.
Healthcare workers definitely get too much respect and they should be way more accountable. This lack of personal accountability has led to a decline on the overall delivery of health care in Canada. We can do better. You have no idea how many ppl nurses have killed with bad work
Absolutely. We must demand this. Provinicial goverbnment cannot be trusted to spend the money appropriately.
Yes, 100% right. Please see what fordnation OntarioPCParty with Bill 23 and its financial impact of the legislation on the municipalities across Ontario.
Holy shit. That headline is dripping with hipocrisy.
Then I want every dollar sent to Ukraine accounted for
The irony of the federal government imposing accountability on spent tax dollars lol
Absolutely- every $ should be accounted for- they have wasted so much money and underfunded
We haven't had any accountability from the Feds for 8 years now, but they now demand accountability from the Provinces? That's rich.
They have no rights to access our health information, period.
The cpc_hq Premiers have been hoarding $B of additional Federal COVID19 funding & giving the money to their pet projects, private healthcare providers & insider developers!
The original medicare agreement was predicated on 50/50 funding. This went out the window with Paul Martin and is now average 22%, if I remember correctly 15% in Ontario. You're watching the effects of chronic fund starvation due to fed gvts. Feds should shut up and pay up.
Former Alberta Chief Medical Officer has a child sex addiction. Maybe because of too rich and a relaxed job.
Yup
More liberal / PM Blackface propaganda from the TS
It is right. But it should provide specific targets such as every Canadian have access to a healthcare practioner by 2025 for example. Without targets as a baseline how will performance standards be enforceable?
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