Apropos of Nothing:

 

Christine Elliot put forward a Private Member's Bill requiring additional support for persons with intellectual disabilities and mental illness.

 

Eric Hoskins suggests an improved mental health system must encompass families.

 

Teachers are frustrated with a host of things unrelated to money - partially because of the stress that comes from being supplementary parents in addition to educators.

 

There's a growing recognition of the impact of occupational mental health on both productivity and quality of life.

 

As the industrial economy peters out, we're looking for ways to foster innovation and new opportunities for financial growth.

Not addressing mental health proactively is costing the private and public sectors - big time.

How are we going to nurture new ideas?  Funny enough, there's a connection between mental illness and creativity.

 

The Ontario Liberals are looking to renew; hopefully, all Legislators are looking to find opportunities to get past partisan animosities and tackle the hefty challenges facing the province; public sector stakeholders are looking for solutions - then there's this mental health thing that touches all sectors and through which effective solutions must be shared ones.

 

It's almost like a puzzle, with all the pieces starting to fall into place.