Campaign promises to continue increasing healthcare transfer payments to provinces

A campaign promise by all three political parties to continue increasing transfers to the provinces won't be enough to fund health care in the future, provincial finance ministers say.

The Conservatives, Liberals and NDP all said they would maintain the "escalator clause," which increases the amount of money the federal government transfers to the provinces by six per cent a year, while campaigning April 8.

That means...

Source: The Hill Times