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EPISODE · Feb 9, 2023 · 20 MIN

The $46.2 billion federal prescription for the health care crisis

from This Matters · host Toronto Star

Guest: Tonda MacCharles and Robert Benzie Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed a $46.2 billion, 10-year deal in health funding this week, writing a prescription to help deal with a health care crisis. Calling it a "major federal investment," the plan includes an immediate injection to tackle the crisis in pediatric hospitals and emergency rooms, ongoing wait times for surgeries and other key health issues. Tonda MacCharles, senior reporter in the Star's Ottawa bureau, and Robert Benzie, Queen's Park bureau chief, take us behind the scenes and into what broke Canada's political stalemate on health-care funding and give insight into when much needed dollars will flow from Ottawa at last. This episode was produced by Saba Eitizaz, Brian Bradley and Paolo Marques.

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