Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne continued her campaign-style tour of Simcoe County with a stop in Collingwood.
Wynne held a town hall meeting with Jean Vanier Catholic High School students on Friday morning. It was a chance for students to ask the premier about the economic future and post-secondary education.
“Housing, the prices are constantly going up. So I wanna make sure that when I'm out of university, I can at least afford a house or somewhere nice to live, instead of living in my parent’s basement,” says Amber Weimer, a grade 12 student.
The premier said she is working with the federal and municipal governments to slow down price increases.
“We are going to do some things. I hope will cool that market down,” Wynne says.
“Some people who have anxiety, they don't have the help that they need, for example, and I think that that's a big issue,” says grade 12 student Victoria Short.
The premier said now that there is more awareness about mental health, the healthcare system is playing catch-up.
“We have a mental health strategy that actually started with putting resources in school boards to make sure that there was someone in every school board who had the responsibility for coordinating services.”
Wynne visited Matthews House Hospice in Alliston and a dairy farm in Loretto on Thursday.
The premier also met with mayors and wardens from across Simcoe and Grey counties, who no doubt had a whole list of concerns.
Those meetings were discussed behind closed doors.
