Ottawa signs agreement with Nova Scotia First Nations chiefs on health services | 24CA News
The federal authorities has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq chiefs on the switch of federal well being companies.
Today’s settlement with the 13 chiefs continues a course of that can finally remodel the design and supply of well being companies for Mi’kmaq all through the province.
As a results of the signing, Mi’kmaq chiefs, the federal authorities and the federal government of Nova Scotia are to work towards a framework settlement to finish the switch course of over the subsequent a number of years.
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The finish end result will see the supply of well being companies by means of Tajikeimɨk, a Mi’kmaq well being and wellness group guided by the 13 chiefs and the Mi’kmaq Grand Council.
Last yr, Indigenous Services Canada dedicated $8.96 million over two years to assist Tajikeimɨk, and it introduced a further $6.79 million in funding in March.
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and the 13 First Nations chiefs participated within the signing ceremony in Millbrook, N.S.
“We are all committed to transferring control of the design and delivery of federal health and wellness services and programs to the Mi’kmaq and transforming and creating a new system that is Mi’kmaq-led, culturally safe, comprehensive and trauma-informed,” Pictou Landing First Nation Chief Andrea Paul mentioned in a news launch.
Hajdu mentioned well being companies enhance when First Nations are concerned. “This agreement lays the groundwork to build a culturally safe and high-quality health system for the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia,” she mentioned.
In addition to Nova Scotia, federally funded well being transformation initiatives are underway in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.
Last week, Ottawa introduced $8.2 billion over 10 years to assist the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia enhance well being and wellness.
The B.C. authority — the primary of its sort in Canada — took over planning, administration and supply of well being take care of that province’s First Nations from Ottawa in 2013.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 21, 2023.
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