Canada: Health ministers hold news conference following meeting in Vancouver – November 8, 2022

In Vancouver, provincial and territorial health ministers address the media as they conclude their first face-to-face meeting since 2018. The meeting was co-chaired by federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix. The provincial and territorial ministers are renewing their call for the federal government to increase health transfer payments as they pledge to improve and transform the system for Canadians. Speaking at this news conference are Adrian Dix, Christian Dubé (the Quebec health minister), Sylvia Jones (the Ontario health minister), and Sheila Malcolmson (the B.C. minister of mental health and addictions).