Happiness should be a primordial goal of Canadian public policy because mental health in Canada is in decline. According to Peter Singer in ¨The High Cost Of Feeling Low¨, Depression is rising worldwide and in Canada. The World Health Organization predicts that ¨By 2022, it is likely to rank second, behind heart disease¨ in terms of worst health problem. As the years go by, the number of depressions grows. This mental disease restricts happiness from people who get it. Unfortunately, a lot of depressed people are having trouble being happy, and filling this hole, dug by depression, by doing…