Evidence of meeting #38 for Veterans Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was national.
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Executive Director, Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
If there is imminent risk, yes.
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Executive Director, Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
This may vary in terms of other jurisdictions; I'm familiar with Manitoba. You have to demonstrate that there is a fairly pressing risk that the person may harm himself or herself or harm another person. The person may not be functioning well in terms of mental health but may not be an immediate risk; then there's not a lot you can do.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
Again, thank you for your testimony today, Mr. Wall. I'm very pleased. Have a safe trip home, sir.
Just as Mr. Wall is leaving, we have on the list two witnesses we still haven't approved yet. It's my understanding that those two witnesses should appear.
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Bloc
Robert Vincent Bloc Shefford, QC
I'm going to give you a little relief, Mr. Chair.
I had on my list Colonel Drapeau, a lawyer who represents the members of the Canadian Forces or other members who are veterans. It's his job to represent them with the Canadian army. I am going to set him aside. Mr. Drapeau will come back another time for another matter that we will discuss at some point here at the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs.
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NDP
Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
I just throw this out in addition to it. We hear a lot about Senator Michael Kirby's report. I just look to the committee for support on this. Would it be advisable to invite him or members of that committee who helped on the report to come to advise us on our way forward?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
My analyst has just advised me that he has read the report and that there isn't much in it on suicide, and nothing at all on veterans.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
It's suggested, then, that.... Do we want to take Mr. Drapeau off?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
Okay, then that's all.
Andrew Cohn will be coming. All in favour of that?
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Jean-Rodrigue Paré Committee Researcher
In terms of Mr. Cohn, the program he developed is specifically on resilience building. It's specific to that. He got an award and he got a Royal Society.... It's on resilience building in the military, before deployment, and it seems to be working quite well.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
So we'll be doing that via teleconference.
With that, I'm going to adjourn the meeting.
