No designated proportion of that funding was set aside for palliative care or for more traditional forms of home care or other community-based services. Provinces negotiated a menu of potential areas of interest of investment with the federal government. The federal government made a strong case to make sure that palliative care was on that menu. Part of the process of completing and finalizing the bilateral agreements with provinces was for them to clearly articulate in their action plans to the government which of those four areas—all four, if possible—they would be investing federal money in, with what objectives in mind, and to have clarity and transparency to Canadians about that.
On March 9th, 2020. See this statement in context.