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block funding
Ottawa's financial contribution to a provincially administered program or policy field that is not geared to the level of provincial spending. The Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act of 1977 began this practice of replacing the shared-cost program model with block funding. The Canada Health Transfer and Canada Social Transfer are the major block funding transfers from Ottawa to the provinces