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OPQ ID: 451-1096
Session: 451
Question number: Q-1096
Sessional paper: 8555-451-1096
Title: MAiD (3) Response from June 8, 2026
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Topic: public health
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Agencies: HC, JUS
Date asked: 2026-04-21
Date tabled: 2026-06-08
Submitted by: Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley
Reply by: the Minister of Health
Responded by: Maggie Chi
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With regard to federal expenditures related to medical assistance in dying, palliative care, and disability supports: (a) beyond the budget 2021 allocation previously disclosed for medical assistance in dying related training, resources, and tools, what federal expenditures have been incurred specifically in connection with medical assistance in dying, including the administration and operation of the federal medical assistance in dying monitoring regime, regulatory administration, secretariat support for the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Assistant Deputy Minister Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, legal costs related to medical assistance in dying legislation or litigation, and any other departmental expenditures attributable to medical assistance in dying, broken down by expenditure category and fiscal year;
(b) of the funding previously cited by the government under the budget 2017 home and community care allocation and the Aging With Dignity bilateral agreements, what portion was directed exclusively to palliative care, as distinct from home care, long-term care, and other continuing care priorities, broken down by fiscal year and province or territory;
(c) what total federal expenditure has been directed through Health Canada's Health Care Policy and Strategies Program specifically to palliative care access, hospice infrastructure, and palliative care training since fiscal year 2021-22, broken down by initiative or recipient and by fiscal year, and, separately, what total has been directed specifically to medical assistance in dying related activities through the same program over the same period;
(d) what total federal expenditure has been directed specifically toward community-based disability supports and independent living programs since fiscal year 2021-22, broken down by responsible department, program or initiative, and fiscal year; and (e) has the government conducted any comparative analysis of federal investment in medical assistance in dying related infrastructure, palliative care access, and community-based disability supports since 2016, and, if so, what are the dates and titles of those analyses?
Response
This response was tabled in the House of Commons on June 8, 2026, as Sessional Paper 8555-451-1096.
Order/Address of the House of Commons
Tabled on
June 8, 2026
Sessional Paper
8555-451-1096
House of Commons
Health Canada
Reply by: the Minister of Health
Name of Signatory: Maggie Chi
Reply
Health Canada
(a) beyond the Budget 2021 allocation previously disclosed for medical assistance in dying related training, resources, and tools, what federal expenditures have been incurred specifically in connection with medical assistance in dying, including the administration and operation of the federal medical assistance in dying monitoring regime, regulatory administration, secretariat support for the FederalProvincial-Territorial Assistant Deputy Minister Committee on Medical
Assistance in Dying, legal costs related to medical assistance in dying legislation or litigation, and any other departmental expenditures attributable to medical assistance in dying, broken down by expenditure category and fiscal year?
Budget 2021 provided $13.2 million over five years plus $2.6 million annually ongoing in federal funding to support provinces and territories and stakeholders to put in place training, resources and tools to support safe and appropriate medical assistance in dying services.
This also includes staffing for the operation and administration of the federal monitoring regime; secretariat support for all activities related to federal/provincial/territorial collaboration on medical assistance in dying; and all other operating costs related to medical assistance in dying in Health Canada.
The annual breakdown is as follows:
Question number
Q-1096
Asked by
Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley
City)
Date asked
April 21, 2026
Presented by
Kevin Lamoureux
Parliamentary Secretary to the
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
2021-2022: $763,435
2022-2023: $3,220,911
2023-2024: $3,296,527
2024-2025: $3,296,527
2025-2026: $2,644,350
Justice Canada will provide a response regarding legal costs related to medical assistance in dying legislation or litigation.
(b) of the funding previously cited by the government under the Budget
2017 home and community care allocation and the Aging With Dignity bilateral agreements, what portion was directed exclusively to palliative care, as distinct from home care, long-term care, and other continuing care priorities, broken down by fiscal year and province or territory?
Budget 2017 confirmed an investment of $6 billion over ten years to improve access to home and community care, including palliative care.
Bilateral agreements were signed with all provinces and territories for Home and Community Care
($3.6 billion between 2017‑18 and 2022‑23) and Aging with Dignity ($2.4 billion between 2023‑24 and 2026‑27).
Funding for provinces and territories is allocated according to each jurisdiction’s share of the Canadian population.
To enable provinces and territories to respond to the unique needs of their populations and geography, action plans annexed to each bilateral agreement and outline broad initiatives to support one or more of the following areas set out in the
Common Statement of Principles on Shared Health Priorities.
These include: improving palliative and end-of-life care; expanding evidence-based home and community care models; bolstering caregiver support; and enhancing home care infrastructure.
A detailed breakdown of palliative care spending is not available, as action plan initiatives often include spending in more than one shared health priority area.
(c) what total federal expenditure has been directed through Health
Canada's Health Care Policy and Strategies Program specifically to palliative care access, hospice infrastructure, and palliative care training since fiscal year 2021-22, broken down by initiative or recipient and by fiscal year, and, separately, what total has been directed specifically to medical assistance in dying related activities through the same program over the same period?
Federal expenditures directed through the Health Care Policy and Strategies Program related to Palliative Care by fiscal year:
Project recipient
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
Pallium Canada
$1,116,355
$1,162,232
$1,310,732
$1,191,409
$424,000
Bruyere Research Institute
$502,586
$1,193,915
$610,724
$476,413
$380,534
Canadian Virtual Hospice
$0
$0
$493,662
$506,338
$0
Federal expenditures directed through the Health Care Policy and Strategies Program to Indigenous organizations for projects related to End‑of‑Life Care (which may include palliative care and/or medical assistance in dying)
Project recipient
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
Canadian Home Care Association
$0
$590,065
$969,397
$983,620
$0
Canadian Society of Palliative Medicine
[Formerly Canadian Society of Palliative Care
Physicians]
$0
$88,931
$156,816
$189,206
$111,371
Health Care Excellence Canada
$0
$500,000
$500,000
$500,000
$500,000
Roger Neilson Children's Hospice- Canadian
Pediatric Center of Excellence
$0
$0
$295,000
$505,000
$600,000
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
$0
$43,147
$794,763
$834,062
$0
McMaster University
$0
$0
$727,225
$807,386
$656,556.50
Lakehead University
$0
$0
$445,310
$637,320
$637,320
University of British Columbia
$461,674
$642,081
$643,891
$398,299
$0
University of British Columbia
$0
$0
$0
$518,375
$1,137,599
Total:
$2,385,095
$4,526,021
$7,316,940
$7,965,158
$4,770,101
Project recipient
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
$0
$497,869
$297,775
$0
$0
Métis National Council
$0
$74,753
$512,039
$0
$0
Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
$0
$0
$134,400
$20,000
$0
Mawitam'k Society
$0
$0
$134,400
$20,000
$0
Métis Nation of British Columbia
$0
$0
$134,400
$270,000
$62,600
Manitoba Métis Federation
$0
$50,000
$300,000
$50,000
$100,000
Total:
$0
$622,622