Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'd like to thank all the witnesses for being with us.
We could use more time. If the witnesses have any additional information for the committee, it's very important that they send it to us.
I don't really know where to start. In Sudbury, in northern Ontario, Denise Sandul started Crosses for Change. There are a lot of deaths of youth and other individuals in the community. Minister Bennett came to visit in the summer and we had round tables and meetings with individuals. We were talking more specifically about Ontario, but the conversation was around 6,000 different organizations. There seem to be some challenges with coordination.
When we look at the stats that you identified today, there is a massive issue, but there are still some gaps when we look at the federal, provincial, municipal and volunteers. We heard from Dr. Vigod that community funding is important. I wanted to ask.... Maybe we'll start with Dr. Pinto from Jack.org. When we look at negotiations right now with the provinces on bilateral agreements, how important is it to get this right with statistics and evidence-based information, as we heard earlier? There is a massive urgency right now to fund organizations on the ground, yet we have to find a way to look at best practices with provinces.
I'll go down the list of witnesses, starting with Dr. Pinto and maybe Dr. Buckley and Dr. Singla afterwards. What are the best practices that the federal government and provinces should be utilizing when we look at organizations?