Facing ‘staggering’ hospital wait lists, pressure mounts on provinces to set plans with Ottawa to access funds

Despite an ‘unprecedented’ amount of health-care funding offered by Ottawa last year, many provinces haven’t yet finalized action plans to access some of those funds. ‘That's likely why we haven't seen significant impact’ yet, says CMA President Dr. Kathleen Ross.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault lead two of the provinces that are yet to finalize action plans with Ottawa in order to access a portion of the funding from an agreement reached in February 2023.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

January 10, 2024

The president of the Canadian Medical Association says she is “starting to lose a little bit of patience” with provinces that still have not finalized action plans to access funding as part of a deal they reached with Ottawa on health care last year, especially in the fa...

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