On Point With Alex Pierson

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Andy Stinton THE SMALL BUSINESS MAN Michael Diamond WITH UPSTREAM STRATEGY GROUP Topics include: Two brothers are born with a life sentence… only one is able to get on a drug trial that can improve his life. His baby brother, just 6 can’t get access to a drug that costs 250 k a yr. And while the feds have 12 million to hand to Loblaws. We have subsidies to buy electric cars, money to get out of a beer contract, we have the parents of two brothers having to listen to one live and another suffer. The Ford government announces 174 for mental health spending. It is one of a few announcements being made. This one is to expand mobile crisis intervention teams to help 1st responders—and mental health supports in schools. Mental health workers will be placed in secondary schools so students have access to early intervention.  The former Liberal government had promised in its last budget to give every high school mental health supports by 2020. Just in time