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Lib. (ON)
Would he agree to leave the preamble and just do the little bit on the end?
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Lib. (ON)
Add the bit on the end and you could leave the preamble.
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Lib. (ON)
It's cIoser. The only thing about that is...what about psychological? What about that?
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you, Mr. Merrifield.
I have a whole lot of questions, Minister, but unfortunately there's not enough time.
I want to talk a little about mental health. I'm from Guelph, and we have the Homewood Health Centre there. It's a fantastic centre, but there aren't enough beds for everyone. We have a lot of adult health care mental problems, but we also have a tremendous amount of kids who are having huge problems, including suicide. The beds just are not available for them. In a place like Homewood, for instance, they have an age stipulation, so they look at more adult clientele. But I do have people come to me from time to time with particularly youth.
I'm wondering if you can tell me what you're going to do as a government for these adults but also for the youth that seem to have no place at all. Could you give me some information on that, on whether there's going to be more money for mental health, and on how we're going to approach that as a government?
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Lib. (ON)
But, Minister, the problem really is that there aren't beds for these kids particularly--adults too, but for the kids. That's the strategy that I'm asking about--namely, how are you going to increase these beds? How are we actually going to get on the ground and get some help?
I have talked to parents, as I'm sure you have in both capacities--in Ontario, and now as a federal minister—who really don't know where they're going to go for help. There is so little of it around sometimes.
I know what you're saying, that we need a pan-Canadian approach and so on, but what actually are you going to do to increase beds?
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Lib. (ON)
The Conservatives, with due respect, had talked about a Canadian mental health commission. Will you move on that?
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Lib. (ON)
Is that a yes? I don't want to be difficult, but is that a yes? Will you move on that? It was said in November that you would, as you went into an election. Will you move on it?
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Lib. (ON)
And that's fine; that's a good answer, and we've been listening to it for six months. But this is something you promised in November, and I'm asking, will you move on it? It's an easy question: will you move on it?
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Lib. (ON)
With due respect, Minister, this is not grandstanding.
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Lib. (ON)
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and congratulations on your appointment. I'm pleased to have you there, because you know a lot about health issues.
First of all, let me say that I think it's too long to wait for the minister until June 8. As Madam Gagnon has pointed out, we may be adjourning, and for a long time I think this has been a number-one issue for Canadians.
We have not talked about wait times here. I would like to bring that up. As you well know, we have been wrestling with that. The parliamentary secretary has indicated the government wants to fulfill some of these promises. Well, you're the government, and now I would like them fulfilled. I will be in full support of that, and I would like to see that charge ahead.
I think the minister needs to come earlier. I also think that if he comes on the eighth, we will probably need to book him right after that for another date, because I don't think the eighth is going to be enough time for what we need to discuss when we talk about other issues. I think we need more time with the minister.
I'd request that you think about that and ask him to put aside maybe two dates for us. With it being the number-one health issue, we would then want him to pay that due respect.
I would respectfully request that you do that, Mr. Chairman.
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