Manitoba no longer a holdout on health funding deal with federal government
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government ended its status as the lone holdout among the provinces when it signed a health-care funding agreement with Ottawa on Monday.
The governments signed a deal in which the province will receive an extra $400 million over the next 10 years for specific areas such as home care, mental-health services and addictions treatment.
The money is the province’s share of an $11-billion, 10-year proposal developed by the federal government last fall.
Other provinces and territories signed on in the ensuing months, but Manitoba balked and said overall federal health funding was not keeping up with demand.