Q-854 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the commitment in the 2025 budget related to $5 billion in funding over three years for a Health Infrastructure Fund: (a) what is the administrative structure of the fund, and is this fund to be managed independently from ministerial intervention; (b) how are the funds to be allocated and to whom; (c) is the fund to be allocated by direct application to the federal government or to a management or administrative agency; (d) is there provincial input, oversight, or decision-making on the fund, and, if so, how; (e) will municipalities, regional governments, health or hospital corporations or authorities be able to apply to the fund, and what will the parameters for funding include; (f) will there be a requirement for matching or independently allocated funds to qualify for funding, and, if so, what will those requirements be; and (g) when will the fund be officially launched to enable applications for access to funds?