CBC The Dose: From salt in food to transfer payments: Here’s what Ottawa has power over when it comes to your health
April 21, 2025 —
Sometimes, however, the feds earmark funds for particular initiatives, as they did for the COVID-19 response, says Dr. Aaron Jattan, a family doctor and assistant professor at the University of Manitoba’s department of family medicine.
“If the party that you’re supporting, they value certain things like mental health, substance use [initiatives], they do have the opportunity to provide additional funds to the provinces with direction on how those funds are used to support the patients that are most vulnerable,” said Jattan, who is also acting chief medical officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
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