TORONTO - To mark the start of
Children’s Mental Health Week on May 3, OPSEU
president Warren (Smokey) Thomas will endorse a
move to make May 7 Child and Youth Mental Health
Awareness Day.
His endorsement will come at a
rally at Queen’s Park organized by Parents for
Children’s Mental Health (PCMH), starting at 10
a.m. Later that day, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
is scheduled to table a private Member’s bill
calling on the government to designate May 7 for
special recognition.
Besides Thomas and Horwath,
others scheduled to speak at the rally include:
Sarah Cannon, Executive Director of PCMH.
“I fully support the move to
designate May 7 as a provincial day for
children’s mental health,” said Thomas.
“However, the McGunity government can’t speak
out of both sides of its mouth. Either they put
forward a plan to provide for long-term
sustainable funding, or they just admit that
children with mental health issues just aren’t a
priority for them.”
A network of parent groups
acr0ss the country is working to have the day
recognized both provincially and nationally.
OPSEU members in child treatment
will be attending the rally and will be hosting
local events across the province to mark
Children’s Mental Health Week.
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