One of my constituents—I’ll call her Elle—is 15 and suffers from an eating disorder. Like many in Ontario, she doesn’t have a family doctor, but she has been referred to the eating disorder clinic at CHEO.

However, the clinic is overwhelmed and unable to find her a spot. She doesn’t eat for days, but she’s not sick enough to be admitted to an overcrowded hospital. Her father worries she needs to be dying before anyone will help her.

Elle and her parents are desperate for help. Will this government finally act to ensure that mental and physical health care is available for children like Elle when they need it?