‘Working Toward Recovery’: Alberta Sets Up New Agencies to Tackle Addictions, Mental Health

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced the creation of a provincial agency called Recovery Alberta to handle mental health and addictions. With a budget of $1.13 billion, the agency will be separate from Alberta Health Services (AHS), which until now has handled most health-related programs in Alberta. The province is also setting up another agency—the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE) to investigate best practices in addictions and mental health treatment. Premier Smith told a news conference that Recovery Alberta, as the same suggests, will focus on helping people recover from drug addictions and mental health issues. Having an agency that focuses on those issues should lead to better treatment, she said....