{"id":92388,"date":"2017-03-04T05:09:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T10:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92388"},"modified":"2017-03-04T05:09:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T10:09:25","slug":"manitoba-premier-brian-pallister-ready-to-negotiate-with-ottawa-on-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/04\/manitoba-premier-brian-pallister-ready-to-negotiate-with-ottawa-on-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister ready to negotiate with Ottawa on health care"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pallister<\/a>
Pallister (pictured) sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week. (Photo by Manning Centre c\/o: Jake Wright (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0]<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>WINNIPEG\u2014Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is ready to start negotiations with Ottawa on a health-care funding deal.<\/p>\n

Pallister sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week.<\/p>\n

In it, Pallister says he is \u201creluctantly\u201d ready to begin negotiations, but is disappointed efforts to work out a national deal with all the provinces has failed.<\/p>\n

All of provinces balked at the initial offer from the federal government last year which suggested a modest increase to health transfer payments.<\/p>\n

Manitoba Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen called it a cut.<\/p>\n

Most other provinces have since signed their own individual deals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s trying to make the best of a bad deal and I think other premiers have already described their signing on of the federal proposal the same way,\u201d Pallister says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know our population is aging. I just read a report that outlined, in Manitoba, one person will be working for every person retired over the next 25-year period. That will have a huge impact on our health-care system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only Manitoba, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec are still holding out.<\/p>\n

Pallister says he’ll come to the table but wants any deal to include $6 million per year for the next ten years to combat kidney disease.<\/p>\n

Manitoba has the highest rate in Canada. The money would go towards things like kidney transplant, dialysis and fighting diabetes.<\/p>\n

He’s also asking for more support dealing with health-care issues in Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n

The offer from Ottawa does include targeted support for mental health and home care initiatives.<\/p>\n

Pallister says there is no timeline for when a deal could be struck, but hinted that the coming budget will be created with the assumption that there will not be a deal in time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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