Spending squabble looms as pressure mounts on Liberals over health spending
OTTAWA — A fresh bout of bickering over health care spending loomed on Canada’s political horizon Monday as the federal Liberal government came under opposition fire for its apparent refusal to fully restore transfer payments to the provinces.
In the House of Commons on Monday, NDP health critic Don Davies set his sights on Health Minister Jane Philpott, who told CTV’s “Question Period” on the weekend that she doesn’t plan to restore a six per cent escalator on health funding.
“Canadians were lead to believe that the Liberals would sit down with the provinces and negotiate a long-term funding formula, not impose one on them, which they are doing,” Davies said later in an interview.
“I don’t think Canadians expected that.”