In 1977, funding for post-secondary education, hospital insurance and medical care were combined under the Established Program Financing Act, (EPF). This program replaced the cost-sharing agreement with unconditional grants to the provincial governments.
En 1977, le financement de l’enseignement postsecondaire, de l’assurance-hospitalisation et des soins médicaux a été groupé sous la Loi sur le financement des programmes établis (LFPE), formule qui a remplacé l’entente de partage des coûts assortie de subventions sans condition aux provinces.