Chapter 3 · 3.3 Supporting a healthy and secure future
Improving access to medications
$10M net impact on the budgetary balance over five years, 2026-27 to 2030-31.
The cost line
| Line | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improving access to medications | … | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
… no change to existing funding or no fiscal implication · – a further extension will be considered later · 0* less than $0.5 million. Positive numbers cost the budget (spending or forgone revenue); negative numbers improve it.
What the budget says
“In the meantime, Budget 2026 is taking steps to support health research into new medical treatments, by proposing to provide $10 million over two years, starting in 2027-28, to the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, to help it develop new treatments for life-altering medical conditions.”
Budget 2026, p. 211 (PDF p. 225)
Amounts named in the text
Stated amounts can cover different periods, cash or accrual bases, previously announced money and loans. They are not additive with the cost line above.
- $10 million over two years, starting in 2027-28
Also in this section
- Improving access to mental health and home and community care$1.2BProgram spendingHealth
- Renewing the Emergency Treatment Fund$100MProgram spending
- Supporting Canadians as they manage their budgetsno cost lineNo cost lineLoans, equity or financing