Over the next two years, the Alberta government will provide $124 million to expand the province's response to the addiction crisis. 

The recovery-oriented system of care will focus on increasing access to addiction and mental health services in Calgary and Edmonton.

The addiction crisis has impacted all communities in Alberta, but officials say the province's two largest cities are seeing increased social disorder and public safety concerns linked to the rise in addictions. 

The funding will be used to increase treatment spaces and expand services.

Funds will go to recovery communities, hybrid health and police hubs, therapeutic living units, medical detox, and harm reduction and recovery outreach teams. 

Of the $124 million, $70 million will go to capital funding and $54 million will be allocated to operating funding. 

An additional $63 million over two years will go towards combating homelessness in Alberta.

NDP Opposition housing critic Lori Sigurdson says, "Buildings that could have started housing Albertans months ago are sitting empty because this government refuses to invest in operational funding for them."