Revised 2025 Land Ambulance Services Grant (LASG) Minister Funding Letter

Ministry of Health

Office of the Deputy Premier
and Minister of Health

777 Bay Street, 5th Floor 
Toronto ON M7A 1N3
Tel.: 416-327-4300
www.ontario.ca/health

eApprove 182-2025-1170

March 12, 2026

Bruce Killah
Board Chair
The Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board
Manitoulin-Sudbury DSB Paramedic Services
210 Mead Boulevard
Espanola ON P5E 1R9

Dear Bruce Killah:

Ministry of Health Agreement with The Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board Effective the 28th day of January 2014 (the “Agreement”)

I am pleased to advise that the Ministry of Health (the “ministry”) will provide The Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board up to $349,724 in additional base funding for First Nation Per Capita catch up with respect to the 50/50 Land Ambulance Services Grant (LASG) for the 2025 calendar year. This will bring the total maximum base funding available under the Agreement for the 2025 calendar year up to $11,687,392.

I am, therefore, pleased to provide you with a new budget that, pursuant to section 4.2 of the Agreement, shall replace the budget in Schedule “B”. All terms and conditions contained in the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

The Assistant Deputy Minister of Emergency Health Services will write to The Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board shortly concerning the terms and conditions governing the funding.

We continue to rely on your strong leadership in alignment with the plan to build a modern and sustainable public health care system and ensuring the ongoing provision of front-line services that patients rely on every day.

Thank you for your dedication and commitment to improving ambulance services in Ontario as we modernize and strengthen our public health care system and for all that you and your organization are doing to protect the health and safety of the people of Ontario.

Sincerely,
 
Sylvia Jones
Deputy Premier and Minister of Health

Enclosure

c:    Robert Smith, Chief of Paramedic Services, The Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board
       Donna Stewart, Chief Administrative Officer, The Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board
       Alison Blair, Associate Deputy Minister, Health Integration and Partnerships, Ministry of Health
       Susan Picarello, Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Health Services Division, Ministry of Health