Just over one year ago, the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology released its final report on mental health, mental illness and addictions, Out of the Shadows at Last. One of the key recommendations in that report was to create a national mental health commission to help ensure that mental health issues were never again driven back into the shadows.
In its March 2007 budget the Government of Canada provided funding for the creation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, as recommended in our report. The Government also named the former Chair of our Committee, the Honourable Michael Kirby, as the first Chair of the Commission.
The Mental Health Commission of Canada is launching a temporary website. The website will provide information about the Commission as it begins its activities.
For more information please follow the link below.
