Yesterday hashtags were strewn across much of social media in support of mental health, and both NDP leadership hopefuls, Trent Wotherspoon and Ryan Meili, talked about investment into mental health as a big part of their platform.

Scott Moe is Saskatchewan's premier for what looks like at leat the next two years. His platform was very much in line with the Brad Wall government's, though the new Saskatchewan Party leader plans to invest an extra $30 million into education.

Wotherspoon has experience as an educator, and also buys into the idea that education is critical for the province's success, calling it the "foundation of the future."

In a tweet yesterday, Moe said: "Every Saskatchewan family knows someone affected by mental illness. We are committed to working hard as a government to improve outcomes for those struggling with mental health. Together, let's help erase the stigma."

Mental health wasn't front and centre during Moe's campaign, but it's certainly been a talking point.

"Without one's mental health, we really leave people, in darkest and despair and not living up to their full potential, and it holds back any student, holds back any young person, holds back any parent, it holds back any worker within our province, so we owe it to Saskatchewan people to responded with immediate wraparound supports in delivering uniserial mental health and addictions services, we quite literally will be able to save lives in doing so, and we will also save dollars, and build a healthy society and stronger economy," said Wotherspoon.

Wotherspoon said that investing one dollar into addictions services will save the province seven dollars for the health-care system.

Meili wants the province to use their money from marijuana on mental health.

"The money that comes in, we should make sure that every cent goes to support mental health and addictions. To support anyone who is struggling with any addictions but also to invest in that really under-resourced part of our health system."

Marijuana will be privately distributed in Saskatchewan, but provinces will see 75 per cent of tax revenue, with the federal government taking the other quarter.

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