October 10, 2024

MONCTON – Green Party Leader David Coon announced the mental health and addictions plank of the Green Party platform today. 

“Our mental health care system is bare bones and failing so many.  We will implement  the Canadian Mental Health Association’s  recommendation to increase the province’s proportion of its health budget to 12 percent to fix this problem.  

“A priority for us is to ensure people’s mental illness is actually treated, so access to  psychotherapy will be covered by Medicare,”  stated Coon. “This will make a big difference for people who cannot afford to pay for mental healthcare out of pocket.”

As mental illness can develop at an early age, he said a Green government will  embed mental health support teams in schools.  He also noted that a Green government would establish two new rehabilitation facilities for addiction treatment, putting an end to people leaving the province to find help. 

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