240 new complex care units to be built across B.C. [Video]

Phase two of the province’s Complex Care Housing was announced in Kelowna on April 15, an addition of 240 new complex care units across B.C.

Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside addressed the crowd from 1144 Pacific Avenue, currently an empty field.

“I have to acknowledge that yesterday we marked eight years since the province declared a public health emergency in response to the toxic drug crisis, and in British Columbia, we have lost more than 14,000 members of our communities, our loved ones, people who were our brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, friends, neighbours, and there is no community in British Columbia, or indeed across our country, that has not been touched by this crisis. That is why we are working so urgently to provide the services that people need when and where they need them.”

The new units will support people with significant mental health and addictions …