
#169 - David Eby (BC NDP)
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Can Residential Mental Health Treatment Really Make a Difference in Community?
During the pandemic, a lot of criminal trials were cancelled. Our prison population dropped by about 30%. Some people not be in prisone theyve been fine, but some people have really struggled. And generally they're people with serious mental health and addiction issues as well. A residential mental health treatment is what's needed for a lot of folks,. Not a huge number of folks, buta manageablo ike like the kind of numbers that we could achieve with housing and with mental health treatment and addiction treatment to really make a difference in community.
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