Promise History
3.12.11 - “A re-elected Liberal government will […] [p]rovide $3.2 billion to the provinces and territories for the hiring of 7,500 new family doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners.”
19-Mar-2024
This bilateral agreement crowns a cycle of agreements between the federal government and each of the provinces for federal health transfers, focused on the specific needs of the provinces according to government priorities, which include the increase in the number of health personnel.
“Ottawa and Quebec have finally reached an agreement in principle to increase federal health transfers by $900 million a year over 10 years, Radio-Canada has learned. […]Quebec was the last province not to reach an agreement with the federal government. […]Quebec is free to invest in the health priorities of its choice.”
09-Feb-2024
“Today, the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, alongside the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, announced a new $3.1 billion agreement to improve health care in Ontario. This investment will help increase access to family doctors, reduce wait times, hire more health care workers, and ensure faster care for Canadians […]”
Cutting wait times, delivering better health care in Ontario - Newswire
08-Feb-2024
The funding is partial and does not directly target the needs for health staff, but these are among the federal priorities that can be selected by the provinces as part of this funding.
“The new fund proposed by the federal government also includes an envelope of $25 billion over 10 years to be distributed among the provinces through bilateral agreements […to be] accompanied by “an action plan adapted to the needs of each province” to advance “common priorities” identified by the federal government, [including] data sharing between provinces, better access to family doctors, reduction of surgical waiting lists and funding for mental health services. To access these funds, provinces will have to choose which of these priorities they wish to pursue.”
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