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The federal Liberal budget released Monday is being hailed as something for everybody to help individuals, families and businesses emerge in the post-pandemic world.
This is the first full federal budget released by the Liberal government since the pandemic began in the spring of 2019.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland unveiled her first budget Monday, a whopping 739 pages, titled A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth and Resilience. Freeland is Canada’s first female in the high-ranking role as finance minister.
Budget focuses on COVID relief, economic recovery
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This is a transformative change for our community.
The rapid response teams will consist of the same two officers and mental health social workers specially trained in crisis intervention. Two units will operate Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., responding to police-dispatched calls for individuals with symptoms of mental illness, substance abuse, behavioural disorders or people in acute crisis situations.
Windsor police report a steady rise in mental health-related calls for service. In 2020 there were 2,715 calls, compared to 2,166 in 2016 a 25.3 per cent increase.
According to police, prior to the launch of the new program the typical response to mental health calls was by frontline officers who have all been trained in crisis intervention techniques.