{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast","title":"𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/eafc9ce5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1318,"description":"Health care. One of Canada's largest public expenditures, one of its biggest economic sectors, and one of the defining policy challenges facing governments at all levels.\nIn this special pre-budget episode of The Politics of Money, IFSD's Kevin Page, Sahir Khan and Mostafa Askari use their experience inside government — including helping develop federal budgets — to dig into the difficult policy trade-offs that could shape federal-provincial health care discussions in the years ahead.\nThe future of the Canada Health Transfer\nFiscal sustainability and demographic pressures\nHealth care's role in economic growth and productivity\nAccess, wait times and quality-of-care tradeoffs\nFederal-provincial responsibilities and accountability\nThis episode launches our new pre-budget podcast series.\nIn the weeks ahead we will explore major policy challenges and fiscal choices facing Canada in Budget 2026.\nLeave us a comment with your budget questions — let us know what fiscal policy issues we should tackle next. \nThanks for listening!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6UXbgEszXVjKMDN8Z8PYxsgZ58dOT57LAX_mB3Cev_k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hNzY2/YTYwMDQzZWVlNTJl/NmJhMjYzYmU0MWZi/ZmViZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}