The eye-opening process began with a Sunday morning telephone call to Horgan from federal Intergovernmental Relations Minister Dominic LeBlanc.Horgan, the chair of the council of the federation, was taken aback.
Horgan gave what he later described as a “candid” response to a “disingenuous” outreach on the eve of the conference.Article content One-upping LeBlanc, he said that the federal contribution was more like 40 per cent, counting the value of the taxing power that Ottawa transferred to the provinces back in the 1970s.
As all this sank in — the perfunctory phone call, the one-two punch by the federal ministers delivered on national television — John Horgan’s usually upbeat demeanour gave way to a mixture of anger and frustration. This time last year, he and Trudeau sat down at the White Spot in Coquitlam in for a bag lunch photo op that went national.
“I sat down with the prime minister last November and I had just come out of surgery,” Horgan recounted.Article content
VancouverSun vaugn palmer, typical right wing hack, complete unknown with a fancy fake name
VancouverSun This ‘opinion’ is so very torqued. The writer seems to take his need to swipe at Trudeau to another level.
VancouverSun After watching the Premiers press last conference and listening to the Fed. Health Minister, perhaps better listening skills should be used. There is no longer unlimited funds for health care from the Feds. Trudeau wants to see value for money spent.
VancouverSun Just like Puglaas, janephilpott, Bill_Morneau, indigenous peoples, ZelenskyyUa, the middle class, have all learnt the same lesson about JustinTrudeau.
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