Best way to facilitate meeting of premiers is to take health care off the table, departing Yukon premier says


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Yukon Premier Sandy Silver on Dec. 7, in Ottawa.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail Yukon’s departing Premier says the best bet for premiers and territorial leaders to engineer a meeting with the Prime Minister on health care may be to pitch a meeting where health care funding isn’t explicitly on the agenda. Sandy Silver raised the idea this week during a visit to Ottawa, when he was asked for any parting advice to other leaders who want Ottawa to increase its contributions to health care. He said there are many issues to discuss beyond the Canada Health Transfer – the money...