Every city in metro Vancouver will say the same thing: when it comes to mental health treatment and care in this province, we do not have enough resources.
We have families who wait significant periods of time to connect to the services they need. The reality is that poverty and mental illness are connected. Sometimes people really struggle and fall out of their housing. We see them on the streets. That is the most critical situation that we have in this province.
There should be no dickering around jurisdictional issues when it comes to funding that is needed on the ground for people's health care.