Liberal Leader David Swann to co-chair mental health review

The Alberta government will review how it deliversmental health servicesto improve a situation Premier Rachel Notley says "is not good enough."

"Our current system has failed far too many Albertans," Notley said Monday, "And we are going totake action."

Notley asked Alberta Liberal Leader Dr. David Swann to co-chair areview committee with registered nurse and NDP MLA Danielle Larivee.

Swann said he was honoured to bepart of the government's efforts to fix what he called an urgent situation.

"We have a huge deficit. We are leaving thousands and thousands of Albertans behind in the mental health system," he said.

"It has always been the poor sister in health care and stigma doesn'thelp."

Swann and Larivee are expected to have recommendations by the end of 2015.