Pallister focuses on two main issues he would like addressed before signing a deal: the disparity of health care between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Manitobans, and funding for diabetes.<\/p>\n
According to the Canadian Diabetes Association, the proportion of Manitobans with diabetes\u00a0is expected to reach 37 per cent by 2027<\/a>. Already, about 121,000 people in the province have the metabolic disease, which affects blood sugar levels and can lead to kidney damage.<\/p>\n “By 2024, more than 3,000 Manitobans will need treatment for kidney failure, either by dialysis or transplant,” Pallister wrote.<\/p>\n “These human sufferings are borne disproportionately by Manitoba’s Indigenous people, who face the onset and prevalence of end-stage disease at a rate two\u00a0to three\u00a0times higher than faced by other population segments.”<\/p>\n Indigenous dialysis patients more likely to be admitted<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n The province is asking Ottawa to invest $6 million per year over 10 years to address chronic kidney disease. The diabetes association said it estimates diabetes costs the provincial\u00a0health-care system $114 million every year.<\/p>\n In his letter, the Progressive Conservative premier\u00a0praises the Liberal government,\u00a0and says it has “admirably championed reconciliation.”<\/p>\n In that light, Pallister said, the province requires help addressing long-standing inequalities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in terms of health outcomes.<\/p>\n “This may include support for patient navigators trained in cultural safety and patient-centred care,\u00a0and to provide vital ancillary service support through discharge planning, language interpretation and transportation,” he wrote.<\/p>\n Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, the advocacy group representing 30 Cree, Oji-Cree and Dene First Nations spanning nearly two-thirds of the province, expressed dismay her organization was not consulted\u00a0before Pallister wrote to Trudeau.<\/p>\n Sheila North Wilson, grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), which represents most of northern Manitoba’s First Nations, says, ‘There shouldn’t be anything about us without us.’ (CBC)<\/p>\n Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson said she has been asking to speak with the premier for some time to discuss health care in First Nations, and her requests have been ignored.<\/p>\n “There shouldn’t be anything about us without us,” North Wilson said Friday. “We need to work together to come up with solutions.”<\/p>\n The time when governments made decisions about the future of Indigenous peoples without consultation is long over, she added.<\/p>\n “If they do have a plan I wish they would share it with us so we can collaborate.”<\/p>\n North Wilson said while the kidney disease support is important, remote and northern First Nations have other priorities. Emergency care could be improved along with access to healthy, affordable food, she said. Also, tuberculosis rates and mortality rates are stubbornly high in the north.<\/p>\n “He can’t talk about Indigenous people and how sick they are without talking to the Indigenous people themselves to find out what’s making them sick and what they see the solutions are.”<\/p>\n Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, are the last hold outs to sign onto Ottawa’s health-care offer.<\/p>\n Recently, British Columbia signed on after the federal government promised $10 million to help the province address its\u00a0opioid\u00a0crisis. Saskatchewan signed after Ottawa agreed to give the province one year to prove its private MRI clinics do not negatively impact the public health-care system.<\/p>\n Ottawa’s offer to provinces includes $11 billion in spending on home care and mental health. Only Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta have yet to sign on. (iStock)<\/p>\n Pallister\u00a0said those two areas are priorities, but the level of funding on the table does not make up for lost funding through the Canada Health Transfer.<\/p>\n On April 1, the Canada Health Transfer\u00a0is set to increase by three per cent instead of the previous six per cent.<\/p>\n “We’d like to see some help and partnership,”\u00a0Pallister\u00a0said in an interview with CBC News Friday.<\/p>\n “There hasn’t been a negotiation. Premiers have been asking for a meeting with the prime minister for two years and there hasn’t been a meeting,” he said.<\/p>\n Liberals announce $<\/a>382M<\/a><\/strong> for Indigenous children<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Article source: http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/manitoba-health-care-deal-1.4008713?cmp=rss<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manitoba’s premier says a recent letter he wrote to the prime minister was an effort to “make the best of a bad situation.”\u00a0 In the\u00a0March 1 letter obtained by CBC News, Brian Pallister addresses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directly and asks for a strong federal partner to help address key issues for the province. 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