Fact check: 2023 bilateral investments in mental health care less than half of what feds claim

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Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya’ara Saks, pictured on July 26, 2023. Instead of funding a Canada Mental Health Transfer as was committed in the minister for mental health and addictions' mandate letter, the federal government negotiated 10-year bilateral deals with each province and territory, writes S.M. Leduc. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SM LEDUC

October 7, 2024

Attempting to understand federal funding for mental health care is a rather opaque exercise. Instead of funding a Canada Mental Health Transfer as was committed in the minister for mental health and addictions' mandate letter, the federal government negotiated 10-year bilate...

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