Our goal should be to improve health outcomes for all Canadians

But with special focus on the lowest quintiles. Writing bigger, and unconditional cheques for the provinces won’t achieve this.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, pictured October 6, 2021, on the Hill. Canada needs a radical rethink of how we spend our health dollars, with much greater attention to the social determinants of health. If we do this, we will have a healthier population and a more prosperous Canada, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

October 14, 2021

TORONTO—Just three days after the recent federal election, Canada’s provincial premiers issued a demand that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau immediately call a first ministers meeting to provide them with unconditional, long-term funding of health costing billions of dollars. They wanted the fede...

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