Health Minister Terry Lake says British Columbia will not negotiate a side agreement with the federal government on health care transfer funds. Lake says the provinces and territories walked away from a federal funding offer earlier this week because it cuts health transfers funds over time. (Lake says he's disappointed that New Brunswick agreed to a side deal with the federal government, but he's confident Ottawa's divide and conquer tactics will fail.)

Date: 2016-12-22
Placeline: VICTORIA.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 18 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << we're not going to negotiate the side deal we're going to negotiate how we have for the Council of the Federation we have clear directions from Premier that the share of federal funding needs to increase to 25% over time and not go the other way >>

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