‘A first step’: $2B health-care top up welcomed, but better collaboration needed to tackle challenges, say experts

The solution requires addressing the ‘absolute crisis in all levels of forms of employment in our health-care system,’ says Canadian Health Coalition director Steven Staples.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos visited the University of Ottawa Nursing School on March 25, where he announced $2-billion in proposed spending to help reduce surgical backlogs created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health industry experts are largely welcoming Bill C-17, which would see a $2-billion infusion of federal cash shared between every province and territory meant to address troubling backlogs in health-care systems created throughout COVID-19. But they also say the money is not nearly enough after so...

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