Prince Edward Island signs health deal with additional $45.1 million
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island has become the latest province to sign on to a health deal with Ottawa, agreeing to an additional $45.1 million over the next 10 years.
P.E.I., the last of the four Atlantic provinces to ink an agreement, made the announcement Tuesday.
The targeted funding would see $24.6 million for home care and related infrastructure requirements and $20.5 million to support mental health initiatives. The funding is to begin in the 2017-18 fiscal year.
“They’ve got some great plans there about how they want to make sure they expand access to home care,” federal Health Minister Jane Philpott told reporters in Ottawa. “And of course they have significant issues like everyone else in the country as it relates to mental health.”