Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
My question is for Dr. Van Lieshout.
Unlike my colleagues, I do not exactly feel like Superwoman right now. I am trying to balance my job with being a mother to an eight-month-old little girl. As I already said, I am even wondering if I can do a good job as a mother and also as an MP. So I understand the tremendous importance of mental health for young mothers.
I would like to get back to the fact that we all agree that we need more investments in mental health. Someone said that it might not be huge amounts, but we still need to invest. You said so earlier, as the community organizations did at our last meeting. They do outstanding frontline work with people grappling with mental health problems. They need help and funding, because of the massive growth in demand and in needs. One way to help these organizations is of course to recognize that they need more funding in order to hire more people and extend their hours of service.
Dr. Van Lieshout, how important is it to recognize that health transfers represent an investment in health and that the federal government is working to inject more money into the system to give our departments larger budgets? How can that help organizations on the ground respond to growing demand?