Bilateral health deals with provinces may each take several drafts, months to complete: Holland’s office

Spokespeople for Holland’s office and the Northwest Territories government confirmed that the action plan for the Northwest Territories is complete but has not yet been announced—therefore the funding cannot begin to flow.
The office of Health Minister Mark Holland confirmed that, in addition to four health care action plans announced to date, several other provinces and territories have submitted plans to Ottawa.

With only four provinces having reached bilateral health agreements with Ottawa almost a year on from the landmark deal that made the agreements possible, the federal government says it could take several months—and three to four drafts—to achieve a final agreement with ...

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