Last year's provincial budget shows the new forensic building planned at CAMH will add 33 beds, bringing its capacity up to 214 beds for patients. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press)
Ontario is investing $1.6 billion to go towards the design and construction of two new buildings at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.
Premier Doug Ford says it's a significant step for the province's plan to boost mental health supports.The hospital plans to build a larger forensic mental health program that supports patients with mental health problems who have become involved with the justice system, but are not sentenced to jail or prison. The second building will consolidate the hospital's research facilities into a state-of-the-art centre.