Thank you very much, MP Sawatzky. That's a great question. As my colleague Jonny Morris referred to, the impact in community over the last 10 years has been monumental.
Really, this funding has recognized a glaring gap in our system, whereby folks aren't able to access care until they're in crisis. They have to be sick enough to be admitted to a hospital. Often the emergency department is the only place for them to turn. This is particularly true for children and youth. If we invest in community-delivered services, services that are often out of reach for many because they are behind a paywall, we will be able to prevent the worsening of symptoms, achieve better health outcomes and ensure that folks are able to enter the workforce and be productive citizens over their life course.
That's what we've seen over the past 10 years. We've started to fill the gap and respond to the demand that really escalated exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demand for care hasn't come down since then. We see heightened levels of stress, anxiety and depression at the population level. That means we need to continue to see this investment if we want to continue to see positive outcomes associated with investment. Failure to renew will mean that folks will sit on wait-lists and get sicker. It will cost the system more. We have evidence to demonstrate that. That's not to mention the cost to the economy.
Jonny, do you have anything to add from your perspective?