‘It was very directive’: Trudeau leaves legacy of deploying federal cash to push provincial policies

Over nearly a decade in power, Justin Trudeau used bilateral deals, federal dollars, and strings attached to a much greater degree than past PMs to enact a federal policy vision in areas of provincial jurisdiction.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions at 90 Elgin Street in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2023, before meeting with Canada's premiers to discuss health-care funding.

Outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's near decade in government pushed the federal spending power “to its limit,” and pursued a shift in approach to federal-provincial relations that helped the Liberals “get the results” they wanted on key social policies, says a ...

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