I'm not sure if you still have the January 20, 2015 Now Newspaper edition in your home. If not perhaps you can catch the story on line. It is about a North Delta man, Morgan Forry who is traveling across Western Canada in effort to convince feds to establish a ministry devoted to mental health. Morgan has been traveling across B.C. and the Yukon to get signatures for a petition to introduce a federal ministry devoted to mental health. The front page has his full picture, followed by an entire page about his mission. He strings together enough hours as a drywaller to take a Greyhound bus with his petition in hand. Newton-North Delta MP Jinny Sims met Forry last November during a town hall meeting in Strawberry Hill on mental health and suicide. I believe my readers got a glimpse as to the events surrounding that meeting through my blog. Jinny said, following, "I don't think there was a dry eye in that house as people talked about the lack of services and support for those suffering from mental health issues," she recalls. She continued to say, " If we fine tune the ministries that we have and get them to focus on the services that we have then I'm OK with that. For me it's more about providing services and this is a major issue that all levels of government need to work on together."
The follow up to the first suicide meeting, will likely be held in April, according to our local politicians. The survivors of suicide victims along with Valley View Funeral home's backing, we met recently with our local politicians. We need to be extremely thankful for their support as this was the first of it's kind ever, and these meetings will be the blue print for other MLA's throughout our country. We will hold it in a larger venue, and there be an opportunity to tell our own stories, in some fashion. Please keep this important aspect of our community in the forefront so changes can be made. Thank you.
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