Prime minister names board for mental health commission

by liamssoft | August 31, 2007 at 08:03 am

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The new Canadian prime minister takes the lead in analysing social and medical issues in relation to mental health. I hope help is on its way to those most in need and least likely to receive it. An impressive idea that could become a model for the future.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named retired Liberal Senator Michael J. L. Kirby as chairman of the Mental Health Commission of Canada.

He also named 17 people to the commission board in an announcement Friday to an international conference on mental health issues.

The creation of the commission was announced earlier and the last federal budget set aside $55 million to finance it.

The board includes six current and former senior government bureaucrats - federal, provincial and territorial.

The other members include three people living with mental illness, two aboriginals and representatives of care-giving agencies, professional support groups and community groups.