Because Mental Health is Health

We’ve all been there—or we know someone who has. That feeling of reaching out for help only to find a long waitlist or a bill you can’t afford.

In Ontario, over 36% of adults are navigating moderate to serious psychological distress. That’s not just a statistic; that’s our neighbors, our kids, and our colleagues. But while the need is growing—with 15.6% of us facing serious distress—the system meant to support us is falling behind.

The Human Cost of the Gap

Ontario has the lowest healthcare funding per person in Canada. This has pushed more services into the private sector.

What we can do about it:

It doesn’t have to stay this way. We’re advocating for a system where:

Support is local: Counselors and social workers are available and accessible in your community
Care is timely: We fund community services so people aren’t stuck on waitlists for months.
Workers are respected: We pay our healthcare heroes fairly so they can afford to keep doing their vital work.

Care should be about people, not profits. Join us in telling Minister Sylvia Jones and Associate Minister Vijay Thanigasalam that every Ontarian deserves a public mental health system they can actually rely on.

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Send a message to Minister Jones and Associate Minister Thanigasalam

I’m writing to you today not just as a constituent, but as someone who cares deeply about the people in my community. Every day, I see friends and neighbors struggling to access the mental health support they need. The CAMH Monitor 2025 is clear: 29% of Ontarians rate their mental health as fair or poor, and 36.7% are experiencing moderate to serious psychological distress. The reality is even clearer: our current system is making it too difficult for people to get well. With Ontario’s healthcare funding per capita being the lowest in Canada, we are seeing the human cost of underfunding. I am asking your government to shift the focus back to public, community-based care. Specifically, I am asking you to: - Boost funding for local mental health supports so help is available in every neighborhood. - Bring mental health into the family doctor’s office by funding social workers and counselors within primary care teams. - Support our healthcare workers with fair wages and better conditions, so we can keep our best people in the field. - Keep care public, ensuring that mental health support is based on a person’s needs, not their ability to pay. We all want an Ontario where everyone has the chance to thrive. I hope to see your government make the meaningful investments necessary to make that a reality.

You can submit this letter as-is or change it to reflect your own priorities. Your comment will be forwarded with the subject line “Investing in the well-being of Ontarians”, including your name, email and postal code to Minister Jones and Associate Minister Thanigasalam. You will also be added to the GPO mailing list but you can unsubscribe at any time.