497. Alberta vs Ottawa: A New Vision of Health | Minister Dan Williams

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with Canada’s Minister of Mental Health and Addiction, Dan Williams. They discuss how Canada became the epicenter of the world’s opioid crisis, the federal approach that only enables further addiction, the demoralization of Canadians as the country’s future continues to destabilize, and the efforts needed to right the ship — before it is too late. Dan Williams was sworn in as the Minister of Mental Health and Addiction on June 9, 2023. He was first elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Peace River on April 16, 2019, and was reelected on May 29, 2023. Minister Williams has been tasked with implementing Alberta’s mental health and addiction strategy, known as the Alberta Recovery Model. This policy model focuses on the fact that recovery is possible, no matter what addiction or mental health challenge someone may face. Under his leadership, Alberta is building 11 recovery communities across the province, a record-breaking expansion to long-term addiction treatment. He has connected with communities, First Nations, and families dealing with the addiction crisis. Alberta has now established a new mental health and addiction agency, Recovery Alberta, which is funded and overseen by the Minister of Mental Health and Addiction. The province, under Minister Williams, is also investing in mental health services, especially for children and youth. Partnerships with service providers are expanding services across the entire province and connecting families with the mental health support they need. This episode was filmed on October 31st, 2024. | Links | For Minister Dan Williams: On X https://x.com/DanWilliamsAB On Youtube https://youtube.com/@danwilliamsab?si=b5IvXW7t-XHDo285 On Facebook https://m.facebook.com/DanWilliamsPeaceCountry/

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0:00.0	So I had the pleasure today of speaking to Dan Williams, who's the Minister of Mental Health and Addiction in my home province, Alberta.
0:22.6	And there was a variety of reasons why I had the conversation, why I wanted to pursue it,
0:26.6	some of which I think are relevant to an international audience.
0:30.6	The culture war that plagues the West is playing out very intensely in Canada, perhaps more intensely than anywhere else,
0:39.5	given that our prime minister is the poster boy for the progressive left.
0:44.5	And I mean that in the most literal possible sense.
0:47.4	And so the political drama in Canada is emblematic of the political drama that is characterizing the international scene in the developed world.
0:56.7	And so it's very much worthwhile paying attention, oddly enough, to the Canadian political scene.
1:02.0	And the tension between the progressive left, let's say, the marginalized types who are trying to occupy the center
1:09.5	and the center itself is quite well demonstrated in Alberta
1:13.6	in consequence of the tension between the federal government
1:17.6	run by the Trudeau Liberals, insofar as they're running anything,
1:21.6	and the Alberta government, which is, what would you say,
1:25.6	emblematic of the typical track of Canadian conservatism with
1:31.4	an entrepreneurial bent that makes Alberta somewhat more like the United States. And so we talked
1:37.6	about that dynamic as well in the Canadian political dynamic. But also because Alberta has an
1:44.0	entrepreneurial flair,
1:45.8	there are policy movements in that province
1:49.5	that are of, I think, compelling international interest.
1:52.6	And one of those is the attempts made by the Alberta government
1:56.3	to seriously address the problems of homelessness and addiction.
2:00.8	And Dan helped elucidate the Alberta approach to that problem,
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