Most Canadians have a friend or family member with a mental illness or addiction and believe the government should do more for people struggling with such problems, a new survey has found.
The Salvation Army report says most Canadians also believe there is a link between mental illness and poverty.
“In previous reports that we have released, we have seen a Canadian public that hasn’t always been sensitive to, or didn’t understand the needs of vulnerable people in our society,” commissioner Brian Peddle, territorial commander for the Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda, said in a release about the report.