Status of Women committee  I'll talk about what we're seeing in our organization. People come from a prison setting, but because there are no direct mental health services, they end up in the general population, where the problems are only half-treated, if at all. When they come to us, they're even sicker

Status of Women committee  I would say that we need to simplify and speed up access to funding so that we can meet our clients' needs more quickly.

Status of Women committee  I sincerely believe that school faculty and officials should have training on mental health issues. I think there's a lack of education around this. Most of the time, mental health issues are lumped together, but I think everyone needs to learn more about it.

Status of Women committee  Services are indeed quite minimal in the prison system. There should be much more extensive and explicit training. I think it's necessary, because people—

Status of Women committee  On the contrary, we should move forward quickly.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely. Our organization is currently helping a young woman who has been completely devastated by social media. We have to raise awareness on the social media used by young people. Messages have to be quick and free of advertising. The companies and people who provide

Status of Women committee  Yes, it's necessary. There is clear evidence every day of the damage done to women and girls by social media.

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely. These problems have been exacerbated since the pandemic began. Right now, there are 38 people in need on my waiting list. I can't help them because I don't have enough case workers or rooms, and because I can't afford to hire more case workers or expand the spac

Status of Women committee  Yes, that could be a solution. However, funding must be provided quickly and on a recurring and consistent basis.

Status of Women committee  Yes, in Quebec, the funds should be redistributed through this program. It needs to be simple and easy to access, so that we don't have to hire someone or ask someone to be dedicated only to this task. Project-based funding complicates things. We want the funds to support the ove

Status of Women committee  That's right, with the Quebec ministry of health and social services.

Status of Women committee  Yes. Right now, we're working off of an agreement that is from 2015, and the funds aren't coming in. We're receiving negligible increases.

Status of Women committee  It would require doing the same work twice. We want to simplify the work, only have to do it once, and receive our funding. Project-based funding, on the other hand, requires a lot of ad hoc work that requires us to do the same thing again and again.

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Véronique Couture, and I'm the executive director of a community organization, a transitional housing facility in Granby, Quebec. We provide transitional services to people coming from a prison, hospital or detox centre. Our clientele is mix