Editing Paul Martin (section)

===== Healthcare funding =====

At the [[First Ministers' conference|First Ministers' Meeting]] of September 13–15, 2004, Martin and the provincial premiers reached an agreement on increased funding for healthcare.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anatomy of an agreement |author=CBC News |publisher=CBC |date=September 16, 2004 |access-date=April 26, 2014 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/healthcare/firstminconf.html}}</ref> This 10-year plan outlined $18 billion in increased transfers to the provinces over 6 years, notably through increases in the CHT:<ref>{{cite web |title=Dénouement d'une conférence des premiers ministres sur la santé |url=http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/23595.html |language=fr |website=bilan.usherbrooke.ca |publisher=[[Université de Sherbrooke]] |accessdate=16 May 2020 |date=2004-09-15 |archive-date=2020-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223061033/http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/23595.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Health Canada |title=New Federal Investments on Health Commitments on 10-Year Action Plan on Health |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/health-care-system-delivery/federal-provincial-territorial-collaboration/first-ministers-meeting-year-plan-2004/new-federal-investments-health-commitments-10-year-action-plan.html |website=canada.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |archivedate=2021-09-07 |date=2004-09-16 |access-date=2021-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907191924/https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/health-care-system-delivery/federal-provincial-territorial-collaboration/first-ministers-meeting-year-plan-2004/new-federal-investments-health-commitments-10-year-action-plan.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The CHT was to be increased by $3 billion in 2004-05 and $2 billion in 2005-06;
* A new CHT base set at $19 billion starting in 2005–06, greater than suggested in the Romanow Report;
* An escalation factor set at 6% starting in 2006–07.