Court sides with province over MMF on health funding – Brandon Sun

The Manitoba Metis Federation has been denied a judicial review of the province’s 2016 decision to not renew funding to the Health & Wellness Department.

Along with a judicial review, the MMF sought, among other things, an order quashing the decision to not approve funding proposals related to the program and a declaration that the provincial government “breached various principles, duties and obligations.”

In its July 30 ruling, the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench determined that although the province adopted The Path to Reconciliation Act and the Manitoba Métis Policy, “the extent to which they create legally binding and applicable obligations on government fiscal policy choices remains very unclear and doubtful.”

By extension, the ruling determined that while “there may indeed exist genuine and legitimate disappointment and frustration with respect to the fiscal policy choice made by (the provincial government),” a judicial review of the decision would prove irrelevant, and therefore it has been dismissed.

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