Question Period Note: Emergancy Treatment Fund

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• Budget 2024 announced the commitment of $150 million over three years, starting in 2024/2025 for a fund that would be open to municipalities and Indigenous communities to help provide a rapid response to emergent, critical needs related to the overdose crisis.
• We hope to have this fund available to communities who meet eligibility requirements later this year.
• I also want to note that the federal budget 2024 includes commitments for complementary initiatives related to substance use, including:
o $630.2 million over two years, starting this year, for Indigenous Services Canada to support Indigenous people’s access to mental health services, including through distinctions-based mental wellness strategies; and
o an additional $1.3 billion over four years, starting this year, for Infrastructure Canada’s Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy to address, among other issues, the urgent issue of encampments and unsheltered homelessness.

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