Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is Langley, B.C., on Wednesday for a series of events, including a joint news conference with B.C. Premier David Eby and federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough.
Trudeau is also expected to meet with nursing students, trade workers and apprentices.
B.C. is one of the last provinces that has yet to sign a new health-care funding deal with the federal government.
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Earlier in the day, Saskatchewan became the latest province to sign a new funding deal with Ottawa to accelerate new measures aiming to improve primary health care, surgeries and mental health and addictions services.
On Tuesday, B.C.’s NDP government released its 2023-24 budget which contained, among other health-care measures, $1 billion in new spending for mental health and addiction services.
Global News will carry the news conference live on our website at 1 p.m. PT.
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