Mental health minister puts $156-million toward launch of 988 crisis hotline in November

People in crisis will be able to dial 988 anywhere in Canada to be connected with trained responders 24 hours a day by phone or text message

Mental Health Minister Carolyn Bennett says the government is putting $156 million over three years toward a new three-digit suicide-prevention hotline.

Starting on Nov. 30, people in crisis will be able to dial 988 anywhere in Canada to be connected with trained responders 24 hours a day by phone or text message.The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health will receive the money to launch and operate the hotline. The minister is also giving the organization $21 million to bolster the capacity of distress centres as they prepare for the increased demand for services.

Conservative MP Todd Doherty put forward a motion to establish a national suicide prevention hotline in December 2020, and the House of Commons passed it unanimously.

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