今日,安省省長福特和魁省省長勒高(Francois Legault)宣告兩省峰會圓滿落幕。雙方一致同意,應攜手創造工作崗位,促進經濟復蘇,並致力改善醫療撥款,從而確保資金充足,穩定不斷。此外,雙方還同意一致促進兩省人民的其他共同利益。
雖因疫情緣故,安魁兩省過於數月內困難重重,但所幸皆已克服。於此期間,兩省不僅極大提升了病毒檢測能力,還鼓勵數以千計企業調整生產模式,來生產個人防護裝備和重要醫療物資。峰會期間,雙方一致同意繼續合作,分享抗疫經驗,備戰第二波疫情。
疫情期間,各省醫療系統現行壓力大幅增加。鑒於聯邦政府長期對省級醫療投資不足,雙方一致呼籲聯邦政府大幅增加「加拿大醫療撥款」(Canada Health Transfer),從而與各省區構建長期供資夥伴關係,藉此亡羊補牢。

這次峰會機遇難求,我們藉此強化了和魁省的關係,還確保了我們兩省人民和企業都能強力復蘇。我很期待和魁省省長勒高合作,並同其他省府團結一致,為全國人民爭取利益,而且爭得都是最要緊的議題。比如說,在這個艱苦時期,我們要確保聯邦政府是個全面夥伴,來給各省醫療系統提供充足撥款,並且資金不會中斷。

魁省省長勒高表示:「在過去幾個月中,魁安兩省不屈不撓,起到了模範帶頭作用。我們致力實現經濟大復蘇,也因此我們要團結起來,協助經濟發展,幫助企業,支持就業。我們將發出更強聲音,確保聯邦政府能知道我們有哪些一致的要緊問題。比如說,我們想讓聯邦政府用加拿大醫療撥款(CHT),解決醫療資金分配不均的潛在問題。」

雙方一致同意,隨着兩省經濟逐漸安全重啟,安魁兩省應一道推動經濟增長。此外,雙方亦同意向聯邦政府施壓,要求對方提供撥款,支援其他重點事項,以促進經濟復蘇。雙方要求聯邦撥款必須公平,有彈性,並可持續。具體重點事項如基礎設施,公共交通,寬帶網絡和其他行業問題。若解決寬帶問題,安魁兩省偏遠郊縣和北部地區民眾可以更快連接網絡。
同時,雙方一致同意,應合力共抗美國保護主義,消除省際貿易壁壘,推廣安省製造和魁省製造,從而為兩省保護和創造工作崗位。
雙方將就加美邊境重開一事繼續合作,制定共同原則,從而安全和負責任的重新開放。並且,雙方將確保聯邦政府在放鬆邊境管控之前,必須有明確規劃。
此外過去兩日進展非凡。因此,為繼續合作,省長福特和魁省省長勒高一致贊成峰會以後每年舉行。如此,安魁兩省可就雙方共享優先事項和一致同意的領域戮力合作。
安魁兩省人口超過2300萬,是本國最大的經濟區域。該兩省總共國民生產總值為1.3萬億元,佔全國的一半以上(58.3%),占省際出口的53.8%。
如果兩省是一個貿易圈,它將成為美國的第三大貿易夥伴。
英語原文
Today, Premier Doug Ford and Québec Premier François Legault concluded a successful Ontario-Québec Summit, where their governments agreed to collaborate on accelerating economic recovery and job creation, working towards increasing health care funding sustainability and preparedness, and advancing other areas of mutual benefit for the people of Ontario and Québec.
Over the past few months, both provinces have surmounted extraordinary challenges due to COVID-19, from building unprecedented testing capacity to encouraging thousands of Ontario and Québec businesses to retool to make personal protective equipment and critical medical supplies. At the summit, Ontario and Québec agreed to continue their collaboration to share lessons learned from the pandemic and prepare their health care systems for a potential second wave of COVID-19.
With the COVID-19 crisis amplifying existing pressures on the provinces’ respective health care systems, Ontario and Québec now call on the federal government to remedy longstanding underinvestment in provincial health care by committing to a long-term funding partnership with the provinces and territories for health care through a significant increase of the Canada Health Transfer (CHT).
“This summit offered a historic opportunity to strengthen our regional partnership with Québec and ensure we can deliver a strong and resilient recovery for the people and businesses of our two provinces,” said Premier Ford. “I’m looking forward to working with Premier Legault to bring all of our provincial partners together to fight for the priorities that matter most to all Canadians, including ensuring the federal government is a full partner when it comes to adequate and sustainable funding for health care particularly during these extraordinary times.”
“Québec and Ontario have shown resilience and leadership over the past months. As we aim for an ambitious recovery, we must join our efforts to support economic development, our businesses and job creation,” said Premier Legault. “Together, we have a stronger voice and will work to ensure our shared priorities are heard by the federal government, including addressing the underlying imbalance in our healthcare funding arrangement through the CHT.”
The Premiers and Ministers of the two governments agreed to work together to grow and strengthen the economy as it gradually and safely reopens. The provinces also agreed to press the federal government for fair, flexible, sustainable funding for other key priorities that support economic recovery and resilience, including infrastructure, transit, other sector-specific supports and broadband in order to accelerate access to high-speed Internet access for rural, remote, and Northern communities.
The two parties also agreed to collaborate on combatting U.S. protectionism, removing trade barriers, and promoting Ontario-made and Québec-made products to help protect and create more jobs for Ontarians and Quebeckers.
The governments will further work together to develop shared principles on the safe and responsible reopening of the Canada-U.S. border and ensure Ottawa has a clear plan before any restrictions are relaxed.
To continue the extraordinary progress made over the past two days, Premiers Ford and Legault have agreed to convene annual meetings to jointly work on shared priorities and areas of mutual agreement.
The Premiers look forward to discussing these important priorities for the people of the two provinces and for all Canadians.
With a population of over 23 million, Ontario and Québec form the largest economic region of Canada. Together, the two provinces are responsible for $1.3 trillion, or more than half (58.3 per cent), of Canada』s total gross domestic product and 53.8 per cent of interprovincial exports.
If Ontario and Québec were a trading bloc, they would be the U.S.』 third largest trading partner.
(來源:安省官方)
