Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 18
Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"
Updates on this page: 37
April 16, 2024
Budget 2024: Healthy Indigenous Communities
Everyone in Canada deserves to have the support they need to live a healthy and prosperous life. Due to the legacies of colonialism, access to opportunities and supports can be further from reach in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. The federal government is committed to supporting Indigenous communities in building healthy communities. Since 2015,...
April 15, 2024
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Joins NTI on Tour of Nunavut Communities
NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut – This week Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) is pleased to host Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, in the Nunavut communities of Naujaat, Mittimatalik, and Iqaluit. Dr. Tam’s tour coincides with the launch of a community-wide screening clinic for tuberculosis (TB) in Naujaat. Naujaat and Mittimatalik are currently experiencing TB...
March 26, 2024
Government of Canada signs two bilateral agreements with New Brunswick to improve health care and long-term care in the province
NationTalk: Health Canada – Canadians deserve health care and long-term care systems that provide them with timely access to health services whenever and wherever they are needed, as well as the ability to age with dignity closer to home. That is why today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc,...
March 25, 2024
Canada signs close to $256 million bilateral agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador to improve health care over three years
NationTalk: Health Canada – Canadians want and deserve a health care system that provides timely access to health services whenever and wherever they are needed. That is why the Government of Canada is investing close to $200 billion over 10 years to support the Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians plan. Today, the Honourable Mark...
March 18, 2024
Government of Canada signs two bilateral agreements with Saskatchewan to support initiatives to improve health care
From: Health Canada NationTalk: Health Canada – Canadians deserve a health care system that provides them with timely access to health services whenever and wherever they are needed, as well as the ability to age with dignity closer to home. Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan’s Minister of...
February 15, 2024
More doctors, more nurses, shorter wait times in Manitoba
NationTalk: Together, the Government of Canada and the Government of Manitoba are working to bring the health care workers we need to the front lines so we can cut wait times and deliver the best possible care to Manitobans. Today, the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, alongside the Premier of Manitoba, Wab Kinew, announced over $633 million...
February 9, 2024
Cutting wait times, delivering better health care in Ontario
NationTalk: GREATER TORONTO AREA, ON – Universal public health care is a core part of what it means to be Canadian. It is the idea that no matter where you live or what you earn, you will always be able to get the care you need. Unfortunately, our health care system has not been living...
January 18, 2024
Co-developing distinctions-based Indigenous health legislation
Originally posted on ISC website on November 3, 2023 Together with Indigenous partners and the provinces and territories, we are co-developing new distinctions-based Indigenous health legislation to improve access to high-quality, culturally relevant health services. Current status: Open The Minister of Indigenous Services publicly launched the engagement on January 28, 2021. On this page Why...
January 10, 2024
Canada signs over $355 million bilateral agreement with Nova Scotia to improve health care over three years
This investment will increase access to a primary health provider, reduce backlogs and wait times, further support mental health services, and provide greater access to health data. NationTalk: Health Canada, Halifax, Canada – Canadians want and deserve a health care system that provides timely access to health services whenever and wherever they are needed. That...
October 30, 2023
Health Canada announces more than $21 million to support community-based organizations who are helping address harms related to substance use
Improving health outcomes for people at risk of substance-related harms and overdose NationTalk: Health Canada – Canada is in the midst of one of the most serious public health crises in our country’s history – the toxic and illegal drug and overdose crisis. No community has been left untouched. That’s why we are leveraging all...
October 24, 2023
Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada on her annual report 2023: Creating the Conditions for Resilient Communities: A Public Health Approach to Emergencies
NationTalk: Public Health Agency of Canada – Today, my annual report on the state of public health in Canada, entitled Creating the Conditions for Resilient Communities: A Public Health Approach to Emergencies, was tabled in Parliament by the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health. In Canada and around the world, emergencies are occurring with increasing frequency and...
October 20, 2023
Government of Canada and partners invest more than $26 million to advance integrated health care in Canada
From: Canadian Institutes of Health Research NationTalk: Toronto, Ontario – Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Health research is vital for improving people’s health, advancing health equity, and strengthening Canada’s health care systems. This is especially true of implementation science: research that seeks to support the uptake of evidence-based solutions by policymakers and health care providers...
September 7, 2023
Government of Canada Improves Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
NationTalk: Everyone, regardless of their sexual or gender identity, should have access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and resources that are safe and stigma-free. However, experiences of discrimination within Canada’s health care system have and continue to make it more difficult for many members of marginalized groups to get the care they need....
August 9, 2023
Government of Canada Strengthens Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for Indigenous Communities
NationTalk: Health Canada – Everyone, regardless of their sexual or gender identity, has the right to be their authentic self, which includes having access to the care that they need to lead a happy and healthy life. This is especially true for Indigenous and racialized populations, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities, as the barriers they face are...
July 27, 2023
Government of Canada and JDRF Canada jointly invest $33 million in research to defeat diabetes
The age-standardized prevalence rates for diabetes are 17.2% among First Nations individuals living on-rserve, 10.3% among First Nations individuals living off-reserve and 7.3% among Métis people, compared to 5.0% in the general population NationTalk: Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Canada is among the ten countries with the highest rates of type 1 diabetes in...
July 21, 2023
Government of Canada Announces $2.5 million for Projects to Improve Mental Health Supports for Indigenous Peoples
NationTalk: Health Canada – Indigenous Peoples face multiple barriers in accessing adequate mental health care, primarily due to systemic racism stemming from colonial practices and policies like residential schooling. The Government of Canada is committed to addressing disparities across our universal healthcare system and ensuring that all Indigenous Peoples have equitable access to compassionate, trauma-informed,...
July 4, 2023
Government of Canada announces mental health supports for Indigenous communities
NationTalk: Public Health Agency of Canada: Indigenous Peoples face multiple barriers in accessing adequate mental health and substance use care, primarily due to systemic racism stemming from colonial practices and policies like residential schooling. The Government of Canada is committed to addressing disparities across our universal healthcare system and ensuring that all Indigenous Peoples have...
April 24, 2023
Drug to help prevent serious RSV illness in babies approved by Health Canada
By age 2, most babies in Canada get RSV, which can be mild or cause bronchiolitis and pneumonia CBC News: Canadian Press – Health Canada has approved a new antibody drug to help protect babies from serious illness caused by respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Nirsevimab, also known by its brand name Beyfortus, was authorized...
April 21, 2023
Ottawa signs agreement with Nova Scotia First Nations chiefs on health services
Agreement another step to transform design and delivery of health services for Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia CBC News: Canadian Press – The federal government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq chiefs on the transfer of federal health services.Friday’s agreement with the 13 chiefs continues a process that will ultimately transform the...
April 14, 2023
Trudeau announces $8.2B to renew 10-year funding for B.C. First Nations Health Authority
First Nations Health Authority provides health services to 200 First Nations in B.C. CBC News: B.C.’s First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) has received $8.2 billion in funding from the federal government to support programming and services for more than 200 First Nations for another 10 years. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu made the...
April 4, 2023
Pilot projects could pave way forward for Indigenous health care
Based on the principles of nationhood, individual Indigenous communities take the lead in determining how their communities will work with partners to address health care disparities. iPolitics: Four community-led pilot projects have seen significant improvements in health care for Indigenous communities across the country, supporters say, leading to a push for the government to address...
March 24, 2023
Joint message from Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed and Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu on World Tuberculosis Day
Indigenous Services Canada: Ottawa, Ontario — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed and Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu issued the following statement today on World Tuberculosis Day 2023: “Tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks continue to be an unfortunate and unnecessary reality in Inuit Nunangat. TB disproportionately impacts Inuit communities throughout the country. The Government of Canada and...
March 22, 2023
The Society of Rural Physicians of Canada launches funding for training to improve health care access in rural settings
NationTalk: SHAWVILLE, QC – Equitable access to health care is a growing concern for rural, remote and Indigenous communities, and today the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) is addressing the issue with the launch of the National Advanced Skills and Training Program for Rural Practice. The goal of the program is to support...
March 2, 2023
Working in partnership to deliver high-quality health care for Indigenous Peoples
NationTalk: Indigenous Peoples face unique challenges when it comes to receiving the health care they deserve including, for example, a lack of family doctors and nurse practitioners in rural and remote communities. The Government of Canada is working with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis partners across the country to address gaps and systemic inequities in...
January 31, 2023
Visions for Distinctions-based Indigenous Health Legislation: Executive summary
What we heard from the Indigenous health legislation engagement Full report The full report, What we heard: Visions for Distinctions-based Indigenous Health Legislation, is available on request. If you would like a copy, please email lsa-ihl@sac-isc.gc.ca. On this page: Introduction This report, What we heard: Visions for Distinctions-based Indigenous Health Legislation, summarizes the input the Government of Canada...
November 25, 2022
Federal investments supporting First Nations-led health services and community safety in northern Manitoba
Indigenous Services Canada: Health and community safety systems that reflect the values and respond to the needs of First Nations help to improve outcomes and reduce disparities between First Nations and non-First Nations people. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, Grand Chief Garrison Settee of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) and Dr....
July 6, 2022
University of Northern BC institutes working to increase safety and respect for Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s health systems
Indigenous Services Canada: Prince George, unceded lands of the Lheidli T’enneh people, British Columbia — The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) and the Health Arts Research Centre (HARC), both housed at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), are receiving new funds to support health care professionals to address anti-Indigenous racism, practise in...
June 24, 2022
Southern Chiefs’ Organization developing Agreement-in-Principle with Manitoba and Canada to form First Nation health authority
ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — After two years of battling the COVID-19 global pandemic that disproportionately impacted southern First Nations, a holistic, trauma-informed Anishinaabe and Dakota healthcare system takes another step forward today, with Manitoba committing to developing an Agreement-in-Principle with Canada and the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO). This First Nations led tripartite table...
April 7, 2022
Federal Health Budgets 2016-2022
Budget 2016 $270M over 5 years for the construction, renovation and repair of nursing stations, residences for health care workers, and health offices that provide health information on reserve. $69 million over 3 years for mental wellness teams and crisis stabilization Budget 2017 = $828.2M over 5 years Chronic and infectious diseases: $50.2M Maternal and Child...
February 22, 2022
Establishment of the First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s office
Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) along with the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, announced today that the FSIN will be establishing the first ever First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s Office in the province of Saskatchewan. Indigenous Services Canada is providing $1.17 million to support this work. The First Nations...
August 6, 2021
Addressing anti-Indigenous racism in health systems: Federal response
The Government of Canada’s response to the National Dialogues held in October 2020, January 2021 and June 2021. On this page: Overview Canada is committed to ending anti-Indigenous racism in our health systems in a way that is informed by the lived experiences of Indigenous Peoples and based on the recognition of rights of Indigenous...
January 28, 2021
Distinction-based health legislation
CTV – Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller announced the co-development of a distinctions-based health legislation aimed at giving First Nations, Metis and Inuit people control over the delivery of health care in their communities. The announcement came at the conclusion of a two-day virtual meeting on anti-Indigenous racism in Canada’s health care system. Miller noted...
September 23, 2020
Speech from the Throne
Speech from the Throne included: “Expediting work to co-develop distinctions-based Indigenous health legislation with First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation, and a distinctions-based mental health and wellness strategy”....
March 8, 2019
Formal apology to Inuit for TB crisis
“To Inuit, and the families and communities of Inuit Nunangat who were wronged by the federal government’s management of the tuberculosis epidemic – we are sorry. We apologize to those who were forced to leave, those left behind, the families without knowledge of the fate of their loved ones, and the communities that continue to...
April 7, 2018
Acknowledgement of impact on health of discriminatory government policies
“The health outcome gaps are a direct result of previous Canadian government policies… but many of those discriminatory policies that have caused the health outcome gaps remain in place… have their roots in the laws, the policies and the operational practices of this country… They were denied the right to self-determination and subjected to laws,...
February 14, 2018
Commitment to Indigenous consultation
Going forward, recognition of rights will guide all government relations with Indigenous peoples,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons… The new legislation and policy will be developed, he said, in consultations with the First Nations, Inuit and Métis as well as the provinces and territories and non-Indigenous Canadians that will be led...
Health Services Integration Fund
Health Services Integration Fund is a five-year initiative supporting collaborative planning and multi-year projects aimed at better meeting the health-care needs of First Nations and Inuit. Through HSIF, Health Canada is working with other Provincial, Territorial and First Nations and Inuit organizations to: improve the integration of federally-funded health services in First Nations and Inuit communities...
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