Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet with university students in Halifax visit – Halifax
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Halifax on Thursday.
According to his schedule, Trudeau will attend a series of closed-door meetings before hosting a town hall with students.
Global News has confirmed that Trudeau will host the Town Hall at Dalhousie University on Thursday at noon.
After City Hall, Trudeau will be exposed to the local media. He will also visit the Affricville Museum on the north end of Halifax and meet with residents.
The Prime Minister’s last visit to Nova Scotia was in early October, when he announced a $300 million recovery fund in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.
Thursday’s visit comes just weeks after Ottawa unveiled a new health plan, a 10-year contract worth $196 billion, following a meeting with the prime minister.
Nova Scotia Prime Minister Tim Houston, speaking after the Feb. 7 meeting, said it was productive and he was happy with the funding structure Ottawa was proposing.
The plan proposed $46.2 billion in new funding, including an immediate $2 billion addition to annual Canadian health transfers to provinces, to address the immediate pressure on the health care system.
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