Federal Budget 2021: New funding can’t come soon enough to address First Nations opioid and methamphetamine crisis.

Thunderbird Partnership Foundation welcomes and awaits details of proposed new Federal funding over three years for a distinctions-based mental health and wellness strategy. Thunderbird’s CEO Carol Hopkins is hopeful the investments will honour the strengths of First Nations and provide wage parity for substance use and addictions workers to retain a qualified workforce to ensure a response to the opioid and methamphetamine crisis many communities are experiencing.

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