Ontario Announces Expansion of Mental Health Services to Respond to Mental Health Crisis

Ontario Announces Expansion of Mental Health Services to Respond to Mental Health Crisis
Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a meeting of the prime ministers of the Canadian provinces in Montreal, Canada on Dec. 7, 2018. Martin Ouellet-Diotte/AFP via Getty Images
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Ontarians who are in need of mental health support will soon have more access to it, as premier Doug Ford announced $37 million in funding to expand the services across the province’s justice system in order to cope with rising emergencies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ford made the announcement at Queen’s Park on Tuesday, together with province’s health minister Christine Elliott, mental health and addictions associate minister Michael Tibollo, and solicitor general Sylvia Jones.