Justice committee  Thank you. I wish I could provide you with some virtual cake.

Justice committee  There you go. It's a deal.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me here today. I'm Dr. Patrick Smith, the national CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association. CMHA/ACSM is a Canada-wide organization with divisions in every province and the Yukon territ

Agriculture committee  That's a very good question. I recently had the opportunity to join the Canadian delegation to the United Nations. There was a side meeting on mental health. We can look to other jurisdictions that have similar federal, provincial, state...different ways of structuring. The U

Agriculture committee  That's right.

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. What I think we're all saying is that it needs to be by the people for the people. One thing the Canadian Mental Health Association.... It's not hospital units. It's not fly-in teams. It's people in your community on the ground who work that is bedrock. We're celebr

Agriculture committee  It's distributed across the age groups among farmers and within rural and remote communities. As in other countries, the mental health challenges for the younger generation are somewhat different because they are addicted to their phones and screens. There is that kind of capacit