Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding
Policing & community safety · Dec 1, 2025
What changed
A budget amendment replaced a $6 million ongoing Mental Health and Addictions Program allocation with $6 million of one-time 2026 funding from the Fiscal Stability Reserve.
Confirmed November 2025 Council meeting continued December 1, PDF page 582 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Why this decision is included
The explicit choice between ongoing and one-time mental-health support is important context. It is excluded from the existing prevention spectrum because the package simultaneously retains a 2026 allocation and reduces its ongoing character.
How votes are grouped: Choices within this annual budget share one family per measure. Separate amendments and duplicate tabulations cannot multiply the budget’s influence; unscored choices add no weight.
What Yes meant
Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding.
What No meant
Reject the proposed funding-duration and source change.
Alternatives and outcome
Retain the ongoing allocation or provide the same stated 2026 amount as one-time funding.
The amendment passed 9–6 and was incorporated in the budget package. It changes funding continuity and source while retaining the stated $6 million 2026 amount; it does not establish the program's eventual results.
adoptedA recorded vote or adoption does not establish that a project or service was delivered.
Recorded choices
| Date | Person | Decision | Recorded vote | Meaning and scoring rationale | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 1, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Andrew Yule | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Dan McLean | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | DJ Kelly | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Harrison Clark | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | No | Reject the proposed funding-duration and source change. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Jennifer Wyness | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Jeromy Farkas | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | No | Reject the proposed funding-duration and source change. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | John Pantazopoulos | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | No | Reject the proposed funding-duration and source change. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Kim Tyers | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Landon Johnston | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Mike Jamieson | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Myke Atkinson | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | No | Reject the proposed funding-duration and source change. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Nathaniel Schmidt | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | No | Reject the proposed funding-duration and source change. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Raj Dhaliwal | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | No | Reject the proposed funding-duration and source change. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Rob Ward | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Only reviewed policy choices are scored. Each independent decision family counts once per measure; choices within one budget or policy package share that family’s weight. statements, promises, absences and contextual amendments do not contribute. Two decisions are the minimum for a position. The sensitivity range shows the score after removing one decision at a time; it is not a statistical confidence interval or a prediction.
Published explanations
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Documented policy leadership
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