Provinces ‘flush with cash’ means Liberals can ‘hold their ground’ in fight to tie strings to health funding, says strategist

UBC researcher Paul Kershaw says a better approach is to spend more on prevention instead of investing in medical systems that were ‘never designed to create health.’
Carolyn Bennett
Associate Health Minister Carolyn Bennett, left, and Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, right, remain in a strong position when it comes to transfer payment negotiations with the provinces, says Liberal strategist Carlene Variyan.

The federal government is in a strong position to negotiate conditions on new health transfers to the provinces, and the “absence of criticism” from the NDP and Conservatives on Ottawa's approach “reinforces” that stance "to hold their ground,” says a Liberal strat...

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