British Columbia became the latest province Friday to sign a separate healthcare funding deal with Ottawa.

Federal Health Minister Jane Philipott and B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake announced a 10-year, $1.4-billion agreement for better mental health and home care. Of that, $785.7 million will go to home care infrastructure and $654.7 million will go towards mental health initiatives. The mental health funding will reduce wait times, Phillipot added.

The province and the federal government will roll out detailed plans, performance indicators and annual reporting plans in the coming week.

B.C. Care Providers Association CEO Daniel Fontaine said he was happy with the deal.

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Lake dismissed concerns that the new agreement was just electioneering.

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