It's because of the years of deferred maintenance. This isn't pointing fingers. Many countries have found themselves in the same position over the years. The gap between what we know we need and what we have is so significant that the transformation fund that we're talking about needs to be held centrally to specifically invest in the building blocks that we need in the country.
Second, since every province has been working on their own mental health plans, the transfer of monies should be earmarked and ring-fenced so that it's dedicated to spending on mental health. At the health round table there was a concern that sometimes the Canadian health transfer doesn't even get spent on health. If it doesn't get spent on health, and even if it does, the evidence suggests that it doesn't get spent on mental health.
This fix is significant, and it's also going to be economically important for our country to do that.