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Kevin Chen

Kevin Chen

Canadian classical pianist

Aug 4, 2026

Sara HoloubekMODERATOR
8:54
Uh, Bridge to Home program.
8:55
Bridge to Home.
8:55
I'll mention what Bridge to Home is, and maybe I'll bring up a different example where I think the design is a big part of it.
9:01
So Bridge to Home is a city-funded initiative to essentially provide transitional housing or temporary housing for people experiencing serious mental illness and also have a lot of kind of emergency department or inpatient utilization related to their psychiatric condition.
9:18
And this was one of those things that honestly was years in the making with the city where, you know, we have a lot of resources dedicated towards serving patients experiencing homelessness and with serious mental illness, and the city also has, like, you know, identified it as a high priority area.
9:31
So we got together and repurposed a lot of resources to provide housing for fifty, now one hundred individuals on an annual basis to help them find permanent housing.
9:41
I would say that's a win for public sector innovation in a way.

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Sara HoloubekMODERATOR
18:59
And Kevin, what do you wish provider inventors knew or you could provide them before they came knocking on your door?
DebbieHOST
8:19
Let's talk about any other aspects of the SDM market in general, or do you want to talk more about the whole group home phase out?
8:26
Yeah, let's talk about the group product phase-out.
8:28
So it's been about six months since we had that last conversation.
8:34
It might be a bit longer, but Paramount's been really, really busy in the last three months as an SDA provider because we've been working with...
8:45
Majority of the group home operators that have done SIL, when I say group home operators, they're the SIL providers that have been delivering their services with the Victorian government in their housing over the last 10 years.
8:59
So there are so many people and participants that are currently residing in the group home.
9:06
So just revisiting the stats, there's about 600 enrolled participants.
DebbieHOST
9:49
A little more information on that would be really useful.
2:02
Well, what does this mean? How truly significant is this moment, seeing as how it's been very turbulent in terms of whether or not a ceasefire can hold, whether or not Israeli troops will move out of Lebanon? what is the significance of this? Is it actually binding? I
2:24
see.
2:25
I think I'd like to focus a bit.
2:27
I mean, it's significant for US ties with Iran, yes.
2:31
But the bigger issue, I think, is what it means for the US in terms of credibility.
2:37
No matter how US officials are going to try and dress this up, it's a very stunning capitulation to an adversary that US leaders had previously insisted was, you know, on the ropes, on their last legs.
2:48
Yeah.
6:50
Yes.
2:25
trade policy right now?
2:26
So I'd say the strategic significance of the tariffs outweighs the economic significance of exactly how much is being levied.
2:34
When Trump's first round of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, IEPA, was overturned by the Supreme Court in February, he instituted a temporary 10% tariff under Section 122, and those are expected to expire on July 24.
2:49
The Section 301 tariffs are, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, meant to bring tariffs up to the level that they were last year.
2:58
Now, unlike the IEPA tariffs, these Section 301 tariffs, they can't be announced at the drop of a hat.
3:03
There must be a detailed process that involves hearings, investigations, before they can be imposed.
3:08
However, as a result, these tariffs that come out of Section 301 investigations have a lot more legal certainty, and they're less likely to be overturned by a future Supreme Court decision.
4:08
investigation?

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