Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I also want to thank the guests who are here this morning. We greatly appreciate your contribution to the area of mental health. We are getting to share your experience this morning.
I am very pleased by several aspects of your work, especially your focus on health care providers. They play a crucial role in supporting the mentally ill and raising awareness of their contribution to society.
You also say that we must be able to give hope. Before me, somebody said that being poor is not only to lack money but also to lack hope. But I believe that you are able in some measure to give new hope to some people. I am not only talking about the research you are doing, but also the initiatives you have launched, for example these eight advisory committees that you set up in order to reflect on these issues and come up with ideas regarding certain groups in our society.
Do you already detect among the Canadian public a consensus as to the direction in which you want to go?