That's a great question. Thank you so much for asking.
I originally played a small voice in the provincial PTSD legislation, which is Bill 163 that Minister Flynn headed up. After that, through my advocacy with that bill, I was fortunate enough to meet John Brassard, the MP for Barrie—Innisfil, which is where I'm from. We became friends by helping each other with advocacy in the community and I was fortunate enough to meet Todd through MP Brassard.
Since then, it has been a wonderful relationship of trying to bring forth the education that needs to happen and decreasing the stigma. I play a valuable role by being a voice for Todd and John. Talking about even the potential of having symptoms before any kind of care is even available to someone is so important. That is something that took me a very long time to see and I became very sick. This bill is bringing education to Canada and decreasing the stigma. That is where I play a role.