NDP says Ottawa not funding enough mental-health workers after youth suicides
SASKATOON — A New Democrat MP says the federal government is failing to address the mental-health problems of indigenous people.
Charlie Angus, the NDP critic for indigenous and northern affairs, made the comment following the suicides of four young girls in northern Saskatchewan this month.
He said Ottawa plans to fund only half the number of mental-health teams needed to reach every community.
The youngest, a 10-year-old girl, killed herself in Deschambault Lake, about 500 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.