Thank you for that, and thank you for hosting the round table. I think we learned a lot there about the need for culturally safe care.
Last week in Surrey, we were with our colleague, Sukh Dhaliwal. He said on the idea of even detox and withdrawal that home visits, based on the South Asian community and their cultural reality, were really important. I think for us to have the $1 million for Indus, for that community, focused on youth, is going to be really important, because the stigma in your community is very high, and we have to find culturally safe ways of decreasing the barriers so that people, particularly young people, can ask for help.
What I'm hearing from our colleagues is that it will be the youth who will persuade their parents and their grandparents that it's okay to talk about mental health and that we need to focus on mental health that's culturally safe. That's why integrated youth services are so exciting coast to coast, because, again, it is that stepped care model, with peer support. People with lived and living experiences are the first people they meet at the door, and they're able to get them attached to primary care, social work and psychology. This is a very exciting approach. I think that with the $100 million that was part of those communities most affected by COVID-19, it is very exciting to be able to see the results of that and for us to move forward for those in most need.