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Podcast: This Matters
Episode: Carolyn Bennett on Canada’s first mental health and addictions ministry
Description: Guest: Carolyn Bennett, federal minister for mental health and addictions When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his cabinet last fall, Carolyn Bennett was named the first Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. There were many different opinions about the appointment and her mandate, but inevitably they all came down to how the pandemic has ensured that mental health is on our minds like never before. The minister concurs that “more and more people are willing to share that they are struggling,” but as experts warn, concrete policy decisions and not just symbolic gestures are critical at this poin...