A mentally healthy workforce builds a strong country

Without renewed federal funding for mental health and addictions, frontline providers will be left to scale back, or close services, and we’ll lose the health professionals who deliver them. People will wait longer for care, and they will grow more frustrated and increasingly unwell.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson. As Canada prepares to build infrastructure projects—likely in rural, remote, and northern communities—we can’t afford a situation where an influx of workers creates demand for care in communities where care is already in short supply, writes Marion Cooper.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARION COOPER

October 14, 2026

All our challenges considered, it’s an exciting time for Canada. Every week seems to bring a new federal announcement on an infrastructure investment or natural resource project. As someone who was born and raised in Labrador City, N.L., I know the opportunities associated...

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