Bill C-39

RECOMMENDATION

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and to enact An Act respecting the provision of funding for diagnostic and medical equipment”.

SUMMARY

The purpose of this enactment is to give effect to the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care by increasing the Canada Health Transfer in the fiscal years in the period beginning on April 1, 2004 and ending on March 31, 2014 and establishing a Wait Times Reduction Transfer, payable first to a trust for the benefit of the provinces, and then directly to provinces as of the fiscal year 2009-10. This enactment also provides funding to provinces for diagnostic and medical equipment.