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Health ministers set to meet in Winnipeg after Ottawa announces funding extension
The $1.2 billion extension gives provinces and territories short-term certainty as ministers seek clarity on future health transfers.
- Canadian health ministers gathered in Winnipeg today after Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced a $1.2 billion, one-year extension for mental health, addictions, and home care funding.
- Provincial ministers had expressed concerns regarding "profound and negative" effects on patients and health-care jobs if funding agreements were not renewed in this year's budget. Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said, "I feel Minister Michel has been listening."
- The Canadian Medical Association stated in a release that the meeting provides a vital opportunity to ensure funding certainty, as strong federal investment remains foundational to maintaining universal health care across Canada.
- Provinces also raised concerns about the Canada Health Transfer, as the federal budget projects the minimum growth rate will drop from five per cent to three per cent in 2028.
- Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, urged prioritizing health care spending, arguing the government must balance defence expenditures with viewing the health system as "a human rights issue" and "the core of our fabric.
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