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OTTAWA REPORT


By Lois Brown, MP
Newmarket-Aurora

Mental Health First Aid
The Government of Canada is investing
$970K over six years, and $150K ongoing annually to develop and implement a Canadian Veteran-specific version of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for Veterans and their families.
The investment will include a train-the-trainer program that will be offered to approximately 48 trainers across the country. VAC (Veterans Affairs Canada) will also deliver the Canadian Veteran-specific MHFA training to up to 3,000 Veterans, their families and caregivers in the next five years. Participants will learn about mental health conditions; the signs and symptoms of common mental health disorders; practice crisis first aid for mental health conditions; where and how to get help; and what type of help has been shown to be effective and why.
The content of the training focuses on mental health problems such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders and psychosis, as well as substance-related disorders and mental health crisis situations such as suicidal behavior, overdoses, panic attacks, reactions to traumatic events and psychotic episodes.

Mental Health Research
The Government of Canada is committed to supporting research to find better treatments, promote faster recoveries, and achieve better outcomes for Veterans and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members with mental health conditions. Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), in partnership with the Department of National Defence (DND), will invest $6.98 million over six years to conduct research into operational stress injuries (OSIs) and potential treatments and supports and on the development of national standards for psychiatric service dogs.
In follow up to VAC's current pilot project on the use of service dogs to assist Veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the Department will fund the development of standards to ensure the best possible outcomes for Veterans. VAC will also fund research into the effects of Veterans' operational stress injuries on the mental health of their spouses and children. The two-year project will include a pilot study to test the effectiveness of potential interventions.

Protecting Seniors from Elder Abuse
The Government of Canada has made combatting elder abuse a priority and supports a range of measures to help protect seniors from all forms of abuse, including neglect. To raise awareness about elder abuse, the Government recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day each year on June 15, creates activities and information resources and provides funding for elder abuse awareness projects through the New Horizons for Seniors Program. The government has also introduced the Protecting Canada's Seniors Act to help ensure consistently tough penalties for those who take advantage of seniors in Canada. To find out more about elder abuse prevention and recognition, as well as other resources for seniors, visit seniors.gc.ca.

Third Quarter Growth Ahead of Expectations
Statistics Canada announced that the Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.8 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 - higher than market expectations of 2.1 per cent. This economic growth is another positive sign that our Conservative government is on the right track. Since coming to office, Canada has had the best job creation record in the G7. Over 1.2 million net new jobs have been created with the vast majority being full-time, private sector jobs in high-wage industries.
Economic Action Plan 2014 continues with positive pro-growth measures like making landmark investments in research and innovation, creating the Canada Apprentice Loan, supporting more paid internships for recent graduates, cutting red tape for small business, delivering additional tax relief for families, and more.

Reducing Business Red Tape
Treasury Board President Tony Clement has released the Administrative Burden Baseline (ABB) initiative's count of regulatory requirements. As of June 30, 2014, the Government of Canada had a total of 129,860 federal requirements in regulations and related forms that imposed administrative burden on businesses in Canada.
The Red Tape Reduction Action Plan, among the most ambitious red tape-cutting initiatives in the world, increases Canadian competitiveness and frees business to innovate, grow, and create jobs. It underscores Canada's reputation as one of the best places in the world to do business and invest. The Red Tape Reduction Action Plan's One-for-One Rule, which is currently being considered by Parliament as Bill C-21, requires regulators to offset any increases in administrative burden that result from regulatory changes with equal reductions from existing regulations. With the ABB count complete, federal regulators now have an inventory of administrative burden they impose on business, through regulations and related forms.
As a member of the Red Tape Reduction Commission I am pleased to see this important action to help entrepreneurs focus their resources on what they do best – creating jobs and growing the economy.

If you would like to contact me on any issue, please call 905-953-7515 or visit my website at www.loisbrown.ca. I look forward to hearing from you
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