Health Minister Adrian Dix says the agreement “will be transformative in helping grow the profession.”
B.C. midwives and the province have ratified a new three-year, wage-increasing agreement with the overwhelming support of health-care workers.
The new deal includes a series of fee increases and measures that the province says will provide more supports for Indigenous midwifery.
A vote among members of the Midwives Association of B.C. on July 31 garnered 99 per cent support for the agreement, with 89 per cent of eligible association members taking part in the ballot.
The agreement is retroactive to April 2022 and runs until March 2025.
Fees increase by 3.24 per cent, 6.75 per cent, and two per cent over the course of the deal.
