As federal budget nears, Canada’s health ministers to meet to talk funding
2026-09-28 from globalnews.ca
Health ministers from across the country are set to meet Tuesday to warn they’re headed toward a “fiscal cliff” if federal funding agreements for things like home care and mental health are not renewed, Ontario’s health minister said.
Sylvia Jones told a provincial committee meeting on Monday that she and her counterparts are planning to hold an emergency meeting, and said it appears the federal government is walking away from a portion of the Canada Health Transfer.
“All I’m asking, and all (that) all of the other federal, territorial ministers are asking for, is some clarity” on whether the federal government will “continue working with us,” Jones told reporters.
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