I would like to address suicide, particularly in the military. I am very concerned about the suicide rate among Canada's soldiers. Based on military police records, the average suicide rate among Canadian Forces military, both regular and reserve, between 1994 and 2000 was found to be about 16 per year. The number of suicides among members of the military rose to 20 in 2006, and then jumped to 36 in 2007, or double the rate of the previous year. The 2007 numbers put the military's suicide rate at triple that of the Canadian population.
And just this month we now have another study. This is a new study. It's the first time they've looked at suicide among female military veterans, and this is from the United States. What they found is the suicide rate among this group is nearly three times higher than that for civilian women.
I'm wondering if you have done any work in this area.