Mental health parity, a time whose idea has come

When it comes to funding, CAMIMH supports the Royal Society of Canada recommendation that the provinces and territories should increase funding for mental health and substance health services to at least 12 per cent of their health budgets.

CAMIMH recommends that the federal government, similar to other developed economies, pass a new piece of legislation, A Mental Health and Substance Use Health Care For All Parity Act, that would provide a framework for the federal government to collaborate with and support the provinces and territories.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY KIM HOLLIHAN, ELLEN COHEN, AND GLENN BRIMACOMBE

October 4, 2021

While the results of Election 44 suggest that we are no further ahead than where we were in 2019, some might be reminded of Yogi Berra’s adage that “it’s déjà vu all over again.” However, the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH)—an alliance of 13 national organ...

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