Steve MacLellan

It isn’t much wonder that Ford would want more money from the health care transfers as his government has made so many cuts to health care. You can see a list of them here.
https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/category/key-issues/cuts-restructuring/

In Alberta, Kenney intends to wipe out close to 5,000 jobs in public health care by 2023
https://albertapolitics.ca/2019/11/groundhog-day-on-black-friday-with-5000-job-cuts-planned-perpetual-chaos-returns-to-health-care-in-alberta/

Sadly, what the provinces take away from health care, they hope the federal government will cover their asses with increased transfers.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s top priority at Monday’s meeting of provincial and territorial leaders is to push the federal government to boost its annual health care transfers to the provinces — and this time, there are signs the Liberals are not ruling it out.

Ford is expected to rally premiers to again call on Ottawa to increase the health care escalator — the annual increase to the health-care transfer — to 5.2 per cent from the current three per cent.