Mental-health advocates have become increasingly worried after Ottawa failed to deliver on its promise to provide provinces funding through a Canada Mental Health Transfer. It was a Liberal election promise and recent mandate letter directive.
In its election platform and mandate letters, the party promised to transfer money to the provinces for mental-health care, but hasn’t done so.
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill in October 2017. Mental-health advocates say she’s not delivering on her mandate.
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