Health committee  Can you repeat the question, please?

Health committee  Absolutely, I can add to that. I think the impact that it can have is beyond what we can possibly imagine. Some of the biggest issues that we're seeing are wait times. We know, depending on whether we're urban versus rural, we can be waiting for children's services for up to two

Health committee  Absolutely. I will share that I am also a registered psychotherapist who has been in practice for many years. I think we need to get a little bit more creative in how we look at psychotherapy practice. A big part of that, of course, is education of the public about the differen

Health committee  Absolutely. In terms of measures it's definitely about having some kind of structure and standardization in place, and a set level of criteria of whom the money is being made available to. It's making sure that a certain percentage of the funds are being earmarked directly for c

Health committee  I don't know, but I can look into it and send you an answer in writing. Do you want to add anything, Ms. Foster?

Health committee  That is a very good question that I did not prepare for today, so I will get back to you in writing.

Health committee  Just let me confer for a second. Can you verify what you mean by “upstream”?

Health committee  I have one point, if I may add to that. I would just further Carrie's point about absolutely increasing the availability of psychotherapists within the schools. I have had the opportunity to do my bachelor's in education and actually be in schools. I learned that, as Carrie

Health committee  For that, I'll say I'm not an expert, so I'll be going based on the research that I've read and my experience in thinking about working with children from a mental health perspective. The thing I can think of and that I've heard from our school counsellor educators through the

Health committee  Not in detail, no.

Health committee  Yes, one hundred per cent.

Health committee  Absolutely. Thank you. I definitely echo what Dr. Afifi is saying. To add to that, among the psychological tools that are available for doing different mental diagnoses, we see that they're not all appropriate across the different cultural experiences and ethnic backgrounds. Th

Health committee  The cost for psychotherapy services varies greatly depending on where that psychotherapist is working: if they're in private practice versus a government setting versus a community program. The more complicated answer is that it really varies. From what I've seen in my experience

Health committee  Have an oversight committee, some kind of structure and oversight to actually have accountability, to see where the money is flowing and ensure that it's not being left in the pot and leaving Canadians high and dry, and have different hubs in different locations—rural and urban,

Health committee  Yes. I can speak to research in terms of the impacts that recreation and movement have on our mental health in general. I'll have to find you the exact reference for this so I can send it to you after. Research has demonstrated that if we do a control group and an experimental