Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to add a few comments to those and my thoughts are very similar to those of my colleague. This bill has been overdue for a very long time and I want to commend the Minister and the staff of his department for getting it done in short order. They’ve been working very hard to get this brought forward for this particular sitting.
There are many of our residents who are affected by mental health. There are many of our residents who don’t get the treatment they need because the current Mental Health Act is outdated and it will be totally replaced by this new act. I’m looking forward to examining the act as committee goes through their work and examines the bill, hears from residents about what is good with the bill, what is bad with the bill, and I’m looking forward very much to updating a very outdated act and seeing that our residents are going to be able to be treated far better than they are now, those that have mental health issues. So, thanks to the Minister and thank you, Mr. Speaker.