Health ministers meet in Winnipeg after Ottawa extends funding

One-year funding extension

1.2 $ billion

Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says Ottawa will extend funding for mental health, addictions and home care by one year, worth $1.2 billion. The money was set to expire next year.

Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara hosts the provincial and territorial ministers, and Michel co-chairs the meeting on Friday.

Provinces and territories also worry about the Canada Health Transfer: under the federal budget, its minimum growth rate drops to three per cent from five per cent in 2028.

“There has to be a just balance, and we have to see our health-care system as an investment.”

— Linda Silas, Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions