Constitutional jurisdiction over health in Canada.

National Forum on Health, Canada Health Action: Building on the Legacy – Final Report of the National Forum on Health (Ottawa: Minister of Public Works and Government Services, 1997) at 20. Auditor General of Canada, Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons, 1999 – Chapter 29: Federal Support of Health Care Delivery (Ottawa; Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1999) at 29-19. Institute for Research on Public Policy Task Force, Recommendations to First Ministers (Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy, 2000). The IRPC task force members include former federal health minister Monique Bégin, former Québec health minister Claude Forget, and Henry Friesen, former president of the Medical Research Council of Canada, among others. In the view of the task force “Canadians now witness almost daily childish, sterile bickering between the two levels of government as to who-paid-how-much-for-what-when”; ibid. at 29; P. Adams, “Stop Bickering, Health Panel Says” The Globe and Mail (8 September 2000) A1. Government of Canada, Privy Council Office, News Release 800-038/004, “First Ministers Meeting Communiqué on Health” (11 September 2000). Constitutional Jurisdiction Over Health in Canada