Finance committee  Well, absolutely. Certainly we look at this as a good first step, but there is much more to do. I think that if we really want to fundamentally change how we deliver health care to people with mental health issues, it is going to require investment. If we can take that first brav

Finance committee  Thank you. When you think about the four, as you mentioned, about family, caregivers, and siblings who are living with a child who has FASD, I think what we all have to remember is that they're actually the best reason to have a very strong home community care system right there

Finance committee  We estimate that in Ontario, the child and youth mental health system itself requires $100 million to effect transformation. I would say that $100 million is always a good start, but there is much more that has to be done.

Finance committee  I think it's a difficult question to answer in that way. I would say that if governments are brave, they will try to make sure that they continue to restructure the health care system and invest more in home and community care to get the very short-term payback that I think they

Finance committee  Well, all governments are listening to all of the people here at our table presenting these returns on investment, and I think we are seeing governments starting to listen and make commitments and progress on this file. That is heartening. There is a long way to go, and I think

Finance committee  I think you'll find that if you invest in the home and community care as we've been talking about today, you're going to see a corresponding reduction in all the pressure we're seeing in acute care hospitals right now. I think those investments will yield those kinds of results.

Finance committee  I'd be happy to. You're right. The York region is very much suburban; it's not rural. I think you'll find that services, particularly in Ontario—and I can speak to those—have historically not been developed so that there is consistency among regions and you will thus find diffe

Finance committee  Thank you. I would agree with Patrick that we have to look at things from the perspective of trying to fundamentally restructure the health care system, and how we make investments now to achieve that. Using his continuum of care model, I think, is really important. There is

Finance committee  Thank you very much. My name is Kim Moran. I am the CEO of Children's Mental Health Ontario. CMHO is the association that represents over 100 publicly funded child and youth mental health centres in Ontario, providing expert treatment and support to children, youth, and families