I'll try not to eat up most of your time, because you're right. This is an area I'm passionate about.
I think flexibility in the way indigenous people, and even non-indigenous people, can access mental health and substance use supports is critical to moving forward on this very difficult issue. For far too long, governments, including ours, tried to overlay a very western approach on wellness or healing, in particular around substances. It is a very individualistic approach. One-on-one counselling or even 12-step programs—which I know are undoubtedly very helpful for some people—don't have a cultural lens or perspective that can necessarily easily translate in some communities.
As Val said.... We know her as Val; that's how accessible she is. As Val said, working with communities on an innovative approach that will work in their communities is what I think will really be a game-changer, because the many communities I work with in my own riding tell me that substance use and mental health are systemic problems. Think about the people in your life who you've loved and who have suffered. You can send someone away for treatment, but if they come back to exactly the same system, it's very hard for them to stay recovered.
Some communities, like Long Lake 58 in my riding, are doing entire friend group treatment and other group approaches that help the person and others lean on each other in their journey of recovery.