One of the things we've discovered is that it's really important that services respond to the most local needs, and that different communities are facing different challenges and services need to be provided in an accessible way. We saw this throughout the COVID response, when Canadians responded most directly to services being offered by close-to-home organizations within their communities. Stigma is a serious concern, and we want to make sure that people feel as comfortable as possible in reaching out. That means local care from organizations and community members whom they recognize and feel comfortable dealing with.
We have a wide variety of programs, including the mental health innovation fund from the Public Health Agency and the substance use and addictions program. These all fund local-level community response across the full tool kit of services that we need to respond to mental health and addictions.