Morning update: Trudeau is offering well over $100 billion in healthcare over 10 years

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil a funding offer well in excess of $100 billion to fix the country’s ailing health care system when he sits with provincial premier and territory leaders today, according to a senior federal source.

Ottawa’s 10-year funding proposal will include tens of billions of dollars in new funding, as well as previously planned Canada Health Transfer increases [CHT], said the source. Provinces are expected to receive a 9.5 percent increase in health transfers this year, totaling $49.4 billion from projected payments of $45.2 billion in fiscal 2022-23.

A large sum of the new money will be allocated to separate bilateral deals targeting key areas like basic services, according to the federal source. The Globe and Mail does not identify the source who was not authorized to discuss the federal offer.

A healthcare worker pushes a patient across a connecting bridge at a Montreal hospital, July 14, 2022.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press

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Rescuers in Turkey, Syria after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed thousands

Rescuers in Turkey and war-torn Syria searched the cold night into morning hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 5,000 people and knocked out thousands of buildings a wide region collapsed.

Authorities feared the death toll from yesterday’s pre-dawn quake and aftershocks would continue to mount, while rescuers searched for survivors in the tangles of metal and concrete scattered across the region, ravaged by the 12-year civil war and hit by the refugee crisis in Syria.

Survivors called for help from piles of rubble as first responders struggled with rain and snow. Seismic activity continued to shake the region, including another shock nearly as powerful as the original tremor. Workers carefully removed concrete slabs and reached for bodies while desperate families awaited news of loved ones.

Rescuers carry a girl from a collapsed building after an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 6, 2023. SERTAC KAYAR/Reuters

CBC signals plan to go digital-only as audiences shift to streaming

The head of the CBC says he’s preparing to end traditional TV and radio shows and go fully digital as audiences shift to streaming, but the move is unlikely in the next decade.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Globe and Mail, Catherine Tait, CBC President and CEO, said the network is finally preparing to go online “to stay relevant.”

She said more Canadians are “moving to streaming” while the CBC “sits here loyally broadcasting over the airwaves.”

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Also on our radar

Many Bay Street analysts see rate cuts later this year: Many Bay Street analysts expect the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates later this year as inflation cools and economic growth falters, according to a survey released by the bank for the first time yesterday.

Ottawa wants to repatriate Canadian children in Syria: Ottawa has offered to repatriate Canadian children being held in detention camps in northeastern Syria, but their foreign mothers are being told they cannot come to Canada because they are not citizens. Four mothers and their Canadian children are being held in a Kurdish-run camp Individuals with suspected links to the Islamic State. The fate of their children, who have Canadian citizenship through their fathers, is the focus of human rights organizations and advocates seeking their return to Canada.

Quebec Financial Assistance for Asylum Seekers: Quebec is increasing funding for community groups that help asylum seekers as the province grapples with a surge in people crossing the unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road south of Montreal. The announcement came on the same day that the mayor of New York announced that his administration is helping make bus tickets available to migrants wanting to leave the city, including those traveling north to seek asylum in Canada apply for.

Canada and the Commonwealth face a difficult dilemma over Zimbabwe’s bid: After allowing a wave of authoritarian regimes to join in recent years, the Commonwealth and member states like Canada are now pondering one of their most difficult dilemmas: whether to approve Zimbabwe’s request for their club to be reinstated.

morning markets

Global markets stable: The sharpest market sell-off of the year so far appeared to fizzle out on Tuesday as traders waited for the Federal Reserve Chairman to provide fresh insight on interest rates later. At around 5:30 a.m. ET, the UK FTSE 100 was up 0.49 percent. The German DAX slipped by 0.05 percent. France’s CAC 40 increased by 0.10 percent. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei closed down 0.03 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.36 percent. New York futures were slightly higher. The Canadian dollar rose to 74.58 US cents.

What everyone is talking about

Editorial: “There needs to be a sensible discussion of how some semi-automatic hunting rifles are capable of firing ammunition far more powerful than any hunter would desire, and the ability to turn a legitimate civilian firearm into a tool for mass destruction.” However, Liberals will need to consult extensively – particularly with hunters and other legitimate gun owners – before they can be trusted on this issue again.”

Michael Byers: “US President Joe Biden has been criticized for allowing the Chinese balloon to fly over the United States for days before ordering its launch. Republicans have argued that the delay made him look weak. However, the key audience is Chinese President Xi Jinping, and he will see the coordinated responses from both Canada and the US as more of a show of strength.”

Today’s editorial cartoon

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Live better

Tiny wines find a home in BC’s market as Canadians consider reducing consumption

Several British Columbia wineries have started offering their products in smaller, single-serve cans and bottles in recent years. The small containers not only make wine more appealing to those wanting to toss in a backpack or sip on the golf course, but also offer wineries options for a potential mindset shift as Canadians debate the health benefits of reducing alcohol consumption.

Date: February 7, 1965

Viola Desmond can be seen in this undated handout picture provided by Communications Nova Scotia.Communication Nova Scotia via The Canadian Press

Viola Desmond dies

Nine years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Halifax businesswoman Viola Desmond took a stand against racial segregation at a movie theater in New Glasgow, NS by refusing to open an area just for leaving whites. The ticket seller gave Ms. Desmond a ticket for the balcony. Thinking it was a mistake, she sat down where she asked – on the first floor. Desmond was arrested, jailed overnight, and convicted without legal counsel of an obscure tax offense. The Nova Scotian Black Community assisted in her appeal, which reached the provincial Supreme Court. But Ms. Desmond remained unforgivable throughout her life. Eventually she moved to New York, where she died in 1965 at the age of 50. In 2000, Desmond’s younger sister, Wanda Robson, took up the fight and 10 years later – more than six decades after her incarceration on fabricated charges – Ms. Desmond was posthumously pardoned by the Nova Scotia Legislative branch. Her brave stance inspired generations of black people Nova Scotia and the rest of Canada. In 2016, she became the first Canadian to be featured alone on a banknote – the $10 bill. Gayle McDonald

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