Thank you very much, Chair.
I have a couple of questions. My first question is for Ms. Kennell.
I'll pick up on something you said, and also on the fact that in all likelihood our recommendations from what we're studying here will inform the new Canada mental health transfer and how it should be structured in our negotiations with the provinces, which as you know are ongoing. You really focused on there already being transfers for acute care and that it really needs to be in the community.
You painted a very alarming picture of what happens to young girls navigating the system. They have to be “sick enough”. They present at emergency. They're treated, I think you said because of the toxic masculinity, as if they're attention-seeking, manipulative or overly dramatic, which we know is a gender stereotype. They're given medication and sent home, but there are no follow-ups. You mentioned some of the medication. There may be effects that might actually make their condition worse, but nobody is following up in terms of modifying that medication, especially if they don't have a family doctor. You're portraying a very alarming picture.
I would like a little bit more about that recommendation you made in terms of getting it out of acute care. We talked a lot in previous meetings about prevention. If the Canada mental health transfer is going to be focused on community care, how would you see that being structured? Also, how would that potentially interact with and benefit our other programs?