Ottawa threatened to pull research project over health-care dispute: Pallister
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister accused the federal government of threatening to kill a multimillion-dollar research facility if the province continues to hold off on signing a health-care funding agreement.
“A threat was made to renege on a previous commitment and we think that’s unfortunate,” the Progressive Conservative premier said Wednesday.
“That’s not something you bring into a discussion and not something you bring into a negotiation. Not if you have strength of character. You don’t do that.”
Tensions between the province and Ottawa have been growing in recent months over a number of issues, including funding for a growing number of asylum-seekers crossing the border from the United States and a dispute over strategies to fight climate change.