Actually I called the helpline last night because I wanted to know what they would say to a Métis person calling, and they certainly said that, if a Métis person was calling in crisis, they would offer immediate support, but their real role is to connect them to insurable health benefits, and we know that Métis people do not qualify for insurable health benefits.
We have low-income families who are the working poor, really, who are paying their MSP premiums, but of course, counselling and medication are cost prohibitive, as are all those things that are required to support any person struggling with mental health issues. Definitely, not having insurable health benefits is a huge issue for Métis people, although it was nice to know that if you were to call, they would offer immediate support. But there are no real solutions for Métis people other than to try to hook them up to a counsellor where they probably would not have funding.