Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My first question will be on the subject of mental health. Earlier in this meeting, the PocketWell app was mentioned. I downloaded it just before my 40th birthday, a couple of months ago. I was having some ups and downs, as a lot of people do. I've used it a couple of times, and it actually just gave me a notification that it's time to do another assessment. I have to say that anybody who has downloaded this as a result of my putting it on social media or through word of mouth has come back to me to say, “You know what? That thing identified a couple of things I can do, and it's making a difference for me.” So I want to say thanks.
I want to ask about PocketWell a little bit and about what else we're doing. I know there are lots of other concrete steps that our government is taking to address mental health. There are a lot, because it's a complex challenge and problem.
I also want to talk about kids. In the previous Parliament, I got to serve as parliamentary secretary for youth. On that file, I got to work with a lot of kids and youth groups. COVID-19 has affected all of us negatively and we've all made lots of sacrifices, but with what kids have lost—particularly when the pandemic has accounted for a quarter of their lives, in the case of my goddaughter—it's meant a really extraordinary upheaval of everything they know.
Through you, Mr. Chair, could the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions talk a little bit about what else we're doing with respect to mental health for people, and particularly for kids?