Ontario reaches deal with federal government on new health care funding
Ottawa: The federal government and Ontario government today announced an agreement in principle for a shared plan that will invest $73.97 billion in federal funding over 10 years in Ontario.
Under the deal, $8.413 billion for a new bilateral agreement focusing on the four shared health care priorities and $776 million through the immediate, one-time CHT top-up to address urgent needs, especially in pediatric hospitals and emergency rooms, and long wait times for surgeries have been finalized, the government said in a statement.
This will further help provide Ontarians with improvements in health care that includes:
Earlier last month, Ontario was the first province to be agreed to PM Justin Trudeau’s new health care deal for.
On February 7, PM Trudeau announced an investment of $198.6 billion over 10 years, including $46.2 billion in new funding, to improve health care services for Canadians.
This funding includes an immediate, unconditional $2 billion Canada Health Transfer (CHT) top-up to address immediate pressures on the health care system.
The work will now begin on a bilateral agreement based on an initial 3-year action plan that will detail targets, timelines and additional common indicators related shared health priorities in each jurisdiction.
