Media Coverage

In this podcast episode, I chat with Lindsey about the CCPA, the Excise Tax bill being put into place, and how you can be a part of making mental health more affordable and accessible.

OTTAWA (April 3, 2023) – This month the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) is celebrating Canada’s second annual Counselling and Psychotherapy Month. 

Madison Violet, JUNO nominated , multi-instrumentalist & harmonizing duo, is showing support to Tax Free Therapy

Danny Lamb, singer, song writer, music teacher and founder of  "A song, A city" music initiative is showing support to Tax Free Therapy

Stuck On Planet Earth band showing support to Tax Free Therapy

Propter Hawk Band showing support to Tax Free Therapy

Published Sept. 29, 2022. A new campaign is aiming to finally clear away a financial barrier to therapy — a tax on counselling therapists and psychotherapists’ services, which experts say is unfair.

OTTAWA, September 20, 2022—Today, a national coalition of mental health and counselling/psychotherapy organizations are calling on the federal government to remove the inequitable GST/HST requirement for counselling therapists and psychotherapists by immediately passing legislation to make therapy services tax-free in Canada.

Groups have lobbied government in vain for years to get rid of HST on counselling. If governments want to improve access to qualified mental health counselling, they should stop taxing the services, say licensed counselling therapists in the province. 

Carrie Foster, President of the CCPA, testified in front of the federal Committee on Health in support of Tax-Free Therapy. 

Amanda Anastacio, works as a clinical associate at St. Catharines’ based Peaceful Minds Psychotherapy, and is showing support to
Tax Free Therapy

Alan Cross, Canadian radio broadcaster and a writer on music, is showing support to Tax Free Therapy

This article written by Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes discusses immediately removing GST/HST on counselling and psychotherapy.

Toronto Musician Taylor Simpson showing support to Tax Free Therapy

Today NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Mental Health and Harm Reduction Critic Gord Johns spoke about mental health services and my Bill C-218.

Streamed live on Sep 20, 2022 On Parliament Hill, representatives from mental health and counselling organizations call on the federal government to remove the HST/GST requirement for therapists and psychotherapists in Canada. They are joined by NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, whose private member’s bill, C-218, would make therapy services tax-free.

OTTAWA, May 26, 2022 – The COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on the mental health of Canadians, and the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy (CCPA) continues to advocate for improved access to mental health care providers during this time of immense need.