Divide and conquer: How the feds split the provinces in health talks

‘They’ve outflanked their provincial counterparts entirely’, says one source close to the talks.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured, along with Health Minister Jane Philpott, not pictured, are overseeing a federal effort to replace the expiring health accord with the provinces and territories. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

February 1, 2017

The Prime Minister’s Office had decided weeks before a Dec. 19 meeting between Finance Minister Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.) and his provincial and territorial counterparts that it had a “high tolerance for failure” of the talks towards a Canada-wide healt...

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