The problem is not Federal funding as much as it is what the Provinces do with it once they receive the funding.  

How much is wasted and frittered away.  Look at Alberta...  The Alberta PCs choose to focus on massive health campuses at the expense of grass-roots health centres, and in Calgary, even closing down two hospitals.  There is woefully insufficient spending on Mental Health.  Hospital beds are often unavailable because many are occupied with elderly patients who should be moved to home care facilities.  Home care facilities are full to the brim.

The Provinces and their Ministers have a lot of responsibility for the current situation and want to simply maintain the status quo on funding instead of opening their minds to new solutions.  

In addition to the Federal funding raise, the offer of 11 Billion dollars earmarked specifically for Mental Health and Home Care was significant.  Yet the Provincial Ministers turn their collective nose at it.  Pathetic.