Health Spending: Federal Government

federal government: The provincial premiers have just concluded their annual gathering. The principal activity at these meetings seems to be urging the federal government to change how and where it spends its money, according to The Chronicle Herald. Subsequently, the federal share of health spending was reduced, but it still provides a crucial portion of the funding in Nova Scotias case, 21 per cent in the current year. Over the last three years, federal health contributions to Nova Scotia have increased by 17.3 per cent. The provinces share includes physicians and hospitals, plus home care, long-term care, ambulances, pharmacare etc. It increased by only 7.2 per cent and A longtime favourite topic is health, the largest area of provincial expenditure. The Constitution clearly establishes that health is a provincial responsibility. Canadian Medicare was first established by Saskatchewan acting on its own. As the trend spread, the federal government became involved, offering to contribute a substantial proportion of the cost to provinces that established programs. Eventually, all of them did. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.