With rumoured spending cuts in the upcoming federal budget, look for the Conservatives to play up one area of spending theyve committed to increasing: health care transfers to the provinces. Last December, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a new 10-year plan for health care transfers that will see transfers increase by six per cent for the next five years and thereafter by the rate of economic growth until 2024.
health care transfers
March 29, 2012
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