Linking the affordability crisis and mental health requires ‘transformative change’ in health care, say critics and experts

The affordability crisis has exposed Canada's mental health-care system as being "behind a paywall," according to the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Sarah Kennell.

Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks said that the 2024 federal budget’s $500-million Youth Mental Health Fund will 'help fill gaps in our mental health support system and ensure young Canadians get the help they need to succeed, right in their communities,' in a April 9 press release.The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

October 7, 2024

A wave of mental strain facing Canadians in response to affordability challenges—including housing and putting food on the table—requires an overhaul of the public health-care system to include mental health supports, according to the NDP mental health critic.

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