Health ministers say one-year extension of mental health, home care funding not enough - The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery:Uzoma Asagwara, Manitoba’s health minister, speaks during the Provincial-Territorial Health Ministers Meeting news conference in Winnipeg, on Thursday. John Woods/The Canadian PressCanada’s provincial and territorial health ministers say Ottawa’s one-year extension of funding for mental health, addiction treatment and home care is not enough, and that federal plans would amount to a spending cut that is “the largest in a generation.”The ministers made the comments on Thursday at the end of their first day of discussions in Winnipeg, where they are meeting this week during a particularly strained period for hospitals and medical facilities across the country. Late on Wednesday evening, federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced on social media that Ottawa plans to extend for a year programs that were set to expire in 2027, which she said would represent $1.2-billion in funding. But her territorial and provincial counterparts said that change is inadequate and comes at the last minute.
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