The joint statement has been formally endorsed by 140 organizations concerned with the well-being of children, including the Canadian Nurses Association, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Paediatric Society, the Canadian Public Health Association, the Canadian Institute of Child Health, the Canadian Association of Social Workers, the Canadian Red Cross, YMCA, YWCA, the John Howard Society and a host of children's hospitals, family service organizations and child welfare organizations.

These include the Canadian Paediatric Society, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres, the Canadian Association of Social Workers, the Canadian Child Care Federation, the Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates, the Canadian Federation of University Women, the Canadian Institute of Child Health, the Canadian Public Health Association, the Canadian Nurses Association, the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, the Canadian Red Cross, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the National Council of Women of Ca ...[+++]nada.

[480] The following organizations have joined together to form the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health: Autism Society of Canada, Mood Disorders Society of Canada, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Health Care Association, National Network for Mental Health, Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs, Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses, Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health, College of Family Physicians of Canada, Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, Schizophrenia Society of Canada, Canadian ...[+++] Mental Health Association, Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Canadian Association of Social Workers, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Canadian Psychological Association, Native Mental Health Association of Canada.