Saskatchewan, Ottawa reach health-funding deal
The province and federal government have reached an agreement on health transfers.
It comes after negotiations stalled last month between the health ministers who were looking for as much as a 5.2 per cent increase over three years.
With Ottawa unwilling to budge on numbers, the province has signed a deal.
“Understand we have limited leverage on this, the federal government dictates it. We absolutely need more money for health care and we think it is time to get on with the work,” Health Minister Jim Reiter said Tuesday.