Conservatives' platform cancels the Liberals' child care plan and has Little increase in health care transfer for next 5 years.

[CITIZEN_2015]

The Conservatives intend to cancel the Liberals' child care plan, which would free up $26.7 billion. Some of that money would go toward O'Toole's promised child care tax credit, which the PBO said would cost $2.6 billion over the next five years.

One of the biggest financial commitments the Conservatives have made during the election campaign is to increase the annual rise in health transfers to the provinces from a minimum of three per cent now to a minimum of six per cent.

The Conservatives say that adjustment to the Canada Health Transfer would inject $60 billion into health care over the next 10 years.

The PBO's costing, however, says that boost in the health transfer would amount only to $3.6 billion in new spending between now and 2025-26.

According to the PBO, 2021-22 would see no health care funding increase under the Conservatives' plan, but the extra funding in 2022-23 would amount to $304 million before rising to $329 million the following year, $901 million in 2024-25 and $2 billion in 2025-26.

Unlike the Liberals, who are promising to allocate funds specifically for mental health under a proposed new Mental Health Transfer, the Conservatives say they would encourage the provinces to fund improved mental health services using the extra money in the Canada Health Transfer.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-platform-costs-otoole-1.6168097

Edited September 9, 2021 by CITIZEN_2015

[Zeitgeist]

The Conservatives don’t go far enough in spending cuts.  

[WestCanMan]

Are we supposed to say "DAMMIT! THE CONSERVATIVES SHOULD BE MAKING EXPENSIVE ELECTION PROMISES LIKE 'THE SELF-BALANCING-BUDGET MONKEY' IS"?

Is spending more and more money always the only answer?