A grinning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that his government is transferring about $6 billion to Quebec over five years in connection with its national child-care program, with no strings attached — Quebec’s government can spend those billions any way it wants.
It’s a real slap in the face to Albertans to watch Trudeau throw tax dollars around with abandon in his push toward an unnecessary early election in his bid to win a majority government, but without any sense of parity or fairness.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault, standing next to Trudeau, crowed about the arrangement, calling it a “beautiful victory for Quebec families” and described the deal as “asymmetric,” meaning that while the feds imposed conditions on the money it gave to other provinces for child care, Quebec has none.
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