Département de science politique
Faculté des sciences sociales

Université Laval

We will make high-quality mental health services more available to Canadians who need them, including our veterans and first responders.

Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 10)

« Veterans struggling with mental health issues are receiving skills training and the support they need to obtain and retain employment, announced the Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence today. The Mood Disorders Society of Canada is receiving $2.9 million in funding from the Government of Canada’s Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities for its Transitions to Communities program.  Veterans Affairs Canada will also be contributing in-kind support to the project in the form of promotion, expertise and advice. »

(Press release, September 26, 2016)

"Recently, federal, provincial and territorial governments worked together to find ways to strengthen the health care system in Canada, reaching new funding agreements that will provide $11 billion over 10 years to provincial and territorial governments in support of home care and mental health"

(Equality Growth - A Strong Middle Class page 169, February 27, 2018)

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