Overview
- Ministers formed a time-limited, senior-level working group to review and renew the 'Working Together' bilateral agreements.
- Officials will pursue further discussions on interpreting the Canada Health Act Services Policy with a target date of December 31, 2025.
- The meeting advanced workforce measures, including faster pathways for internationally educated professionals, mutual licence recognition, and progress toward federated medical licensure and national registries.
- Ministers reaffirmed digital interoperability, agreeing that, with patient consent, prescriptions should be securely shareable, and they reviewed coordinated immunization planning after a measles update.
- The agenda addressed reliable access to pharmaceuticals and responses to the fentanyl crisis with Justice and Public Safety partners, while Québec reiterated its autonomy and three jurisdictions were outside the communiqué due to elections.