Madam Chair, I wondered if I could read the words of this amendment again. It doesn't say “enhancing”; it just says “providing suicide prevention guidelines”.
My colleague suggested these guidelines already exist, and as a physician I can tell you they do not exist, because I have worked with people who have mental illness and who have attempted suicide and committed suicide. Therefore, if, as my honourable colleague tells me, they do exist, then surely as the federal government accepts this bill and provides the framework they can put them all in one place for this group for whom they are absolutely responsible. If they don't wish to do this they would be reneging on their responsibility to this particular group of Canadians, who are already at extremely high risk.