I don't think that it should come with any conditions. When the federal government wants to direct the delivery of certain services, it allocates specific amounts to those services. In the 2018 budget, I believe that it did so for home care. This method sends a clear message to the provinces, which are then free to implement the program or to withdraw from the program in exchange for compensation.
Our brief clearly states that health care costs provinces and territories $167 billion, but that the federal government spends only $37 billion on this budget item. We don't think that the federal government should cover the full $167 billion. However, we believe that it should invest more money in health care and that it should also take into account the aging population by adding a variable that allocates more money to the provinces with the oldest populations.