Health minister’s office won’t say if bilateral deals for medicines, seniors’ care, and mental health will be renewed

Health Canada has six sets of funding deals with provinces and territories—some of which expire next March. Marjorie Michel will only confirm she's in talks to renew the 'Working Together' deals.
Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she is renegotiating the renewal of the $25-billion 'Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians' deals for the remaining seven years of the 10-year life span. But her office won't comment on other deals, saying that money still remains available.

Health Minister Marjorie Michel’s office won’t say whether it plans to renew a series of bilateral health agreements—covering things such as medicines for rare diseases and seniors’ care—that began under the previous Liberal government.

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