The Ontario legislature is becoming a place where MPPs are comfortable with acknowledging they are coping with depression or other forms of mental illness. This is a pretty remarkable thing, and is worth pausing to consider.
The example this week came from cabinet minister Michael Gravelle, who released a blunt, poignant statement about the mental-health struggles he’s had, and why he needs to temporarily step down from his position as the mining and northern development minister. Read the rest of this op-ed at The Ottawa Citizen…
Image: Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle. Reg Clayton/Daily Miner and News
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