Canada needs a mental health transfer to put national standards into practice

It is only through bold political action and investment that we’ll get to the kind of mental health system our society actually needs to recover.

In March, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Carolyn Bennett announced a process to develop national mental health and substance use standards to ensure Canadians receive high-quality, culturally appropriate care, wherever they live. Over a third of Canadians have experienced a deterioration in their mental health during the pandemic, writes Margaret Eaton. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARGARET EATON

March 28, 2022

Think back to those early days of the pandemic, when there was an outpouring of “caremongering” and support for elderly neighbours needing groceries, and for healthcare workers on the front lines. We put handmade signs in our windows and we believed that we were all in this together. In doing h...

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