Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon and welcome. It's good to see some familiar faces.
Karen, it's good to see you.
By way of preamble, I'm Majid Jowhari, the member of Parliament for Richmond Hill. I'm covering here today at committee for one of my colleagues who couldn't be here. I did seek the opportunity to replace him. Also I'm the chair of the mental health caucus of the Liberal Party of Canada, so this couldn't have come at a better time. Once again, I welcome you.
The fund has been allocated. We even know now to what extent the fund is going to be allocated to the provinces. Federally, we've allocated $5 billion over 10 years, and provincially the allocation has been done and the focus has been put on spending on mental health.
Now comes the point where that partnership you were talking about needs to take place. I believe $1.9 billion over 10 years is being transferred to the Province of Ontario.
Having said that, let's quickly go to the question that I'm going to ask all of you. I'll break it into two pieces because I do realize my role on the federal side, and I don't want to make an imposition on the province, but I'll ask the question and we'll move forward.
Starting with Patrick, what programs do you suggest we prioritize? I know you've touched on it, but I just wanted to go back and ask specifically what program, what services, for what group, would you recommend that we are going to get our biggest buck for 2017. I know the fund is increasing in 2018-19, and will go on, so how would you go through that transformation piece?
We'll move to Kimberly, and I'm not trying to impose, but I'm asking what your priorities would be from the Ontario point of view. We look at it federally, we look at it provincially, and we see whether it lines up.