Well it is now 2021 and the need for help is still very high. Please keep sharing this petition. Mental health is more important now than it has ever been. 2020 was very hard for so many people. It does not seem like it will become any easier anytime soon. Unfortunately taking care of your mental health is not a priority in Canada. Seeing a counsellor or psychiatrist should be as easy as seeing a physician. 
Suicide rates are way too high! Addiction rates are way too high!  We are secluded and disconnected from our friends and family and most do not have the tools to deal with the pain and loss COVID-19 has caused. We need to fix this. Getting help for our mental health costs money which most do not have. Getting help for mental health includes wait lists, many do not have the time to wait.

Our lives have changed but getting help has not. We need to stand together and demand free accessible mental health care. We pride ourselves as Canadians as the country that has free health care. Mental health needs to be on this list. We are all dealing with extra stress. Life has not stopped, our regular stresses are still there but now they are heightened and no extra help has been provided. 

So many of us are feeling alone and lost. Talking to a mental health professional can truly save someone’s life! Mental health professionals are able to give us tools to deal with what is happening in the world and deal with all the stress, pain and grief we are all feeling. 

Please sign this petition and help me make a difference in the lives of those that need it most! All of us need this!