I would suggest that the federal government seriously look at the resources to fully implement the first nations mental wellness continuum framework. It addresses the lifespan. It has a core basket of services that are required.
Neonatal abstinence syndrome has grown at four times the rate. First nations schools have now classrooms full of children who were born on methadone. We don't know the long-term impacts of methadone. With in utero, infant, toddler, and early childhood development, we don't know what those long-term impacts are, but we have classrooms full of kids who are struggling with that. We also have a senior population with chronic health issues and substance use issues.
This mental wellness continuum framework is a model that is intended to address that, and it relies on indigenous culture and indigenous governance over those services, and we need the resources to implement this. We keep developing these frameworks, but we don't have resources to implement them.