In a country with far-flung settlements and regional differences, fixating on a single solution isn’t the answer for mental health and addiction — but going to the federal government is a starting point, said Alberta Mental Health and Addiction Minister Rick Wilson.

Wilson said provincial and territorial leaders united to tackle big problems last Monday at a Banff meeting of ministers of mental health and addiction from around the country,

“I guess we’ve all been kind of doing our own thing up to this point. This is why we want to work together as a team, to have a united voice going to the federal government and saying, ‘Look, this is a big problem, and it is a big problem right across the whole country, like you see it on the streets, and what you’re seeing on the streets is just a fra

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