Wikwemikong First Nation Ambulance Service 2024-25 Minister 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 182-2024-703

January 23, 2025

Bruce Killah
Board Chair
Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board
Wikwemikong First Nation Ambulance Service
210 Mead Boulevard
Espanola ON P5E 1R9

Dear Bruce Killah:

Ministry of Health Agreement with Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board effective 4th day of September 2013 (the “Agreement”)

I am pleased to advise that the Ministry of Health (ministry) will provide Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board for the Wikwemikong First Nation Ambulance Service up to $141,390 in additional base funding and up to $185,865 in one-time funding for the 2024-25 funding year. This will bring the total maximum funding available under the Agreement for the 2024-25 funding year up to $3,009,959 to support an increase in operating costs.

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 Division will write to the Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board shortly to provide details with respect to the 2024-25 funding and associated terms and conditions.

We continue to rely on your strong leadership in alignment with the plan to build a modern and sustainable public health care system and ensure the on-going 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:      Donna Stewart, Chief Administrative Officer, 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