Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu promised to get a new hospital in Moosonee, Ont., built, but there wasn't a funding commitment until now.
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu promised to get a new hospital in Moosonee, Ont., built, but there wasn't a funding commitment until now. The federal government will provide $1.24 billion in new money to replace an aging hospital along northern Ontario's James Bay Coast, according to a senior government source.The 74-year-old Weeneebayko General Hospital, located on Moose Factory Island, is the oldest unrenovated medical facility in Canada.
The new hospital is already under construction, backed by $158 million in federal funding announced in 2019. "From the beginning, it was clear that we'd be there for First Nations in the region," a senior government source told CBC News. "Promise made, promise kept."The hospital serves thousands of people, primarily from Indigenous communities, along the western shores of the James Bay Coast.
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