For example, if we wanted to direct mental health support to front-line workers, in particular those working in long-term care facilities and in supportive housing facilities doing work around addiction control, who have had a really difficult year this year with COVID and the opioid crisis, and if we wanted to get those details, it would be a conversation with provincial ministers that would produce the information we were looking for. It's not simply a federal expenditure or a line item on the budget.
On November 24th, 2020. See this statement in context.