Health transfers are obviously critical in supporting the health systems of the various provinces. We can see that there's an urgent need to increase funding, particularly for mental health, which is the poor cousin in the budget of Quebec's Ministry of Health. In addition, we definitely would like an increase in federal transfer payments, but those payments must also be made promptly and unconditionally.
I previously worked in the homelessness sector, and I very clearly remember long negotiations over Canada-Quebec agreements such as the Homelessness Partnering Strategy. The funding was slow in coming on the ground, but we needed it urgently.
We hope that the health transfer payments will be made in a manner consistent with provincial jurisdictions and that we can quickly have access to funding that enables us to increase the community sector's efforts on the ground.