Thank you very much for the pause.
We absolutely agree with the importance of the topic and the issues at hand. Mr. Davies stated that very appropriately, so I won't repeat that.
We have been advised, though, that the indigenous affairs committee has just completed a review of the incidence of suicide on reservations, and in that, they did a fairly broad look at health care and health care support. So we were wondering whether the motion could be deferred. We could ask the analysts perhaps to take a look at that report, and provide us with a review. We could all take a look at it ourselves, I guess.
We wouldn't want to have a similar process to one a committee just did a few months ago, and be back up asking the same questions and looking at the same issues. I think we should know what's in that, and what that committee studied, before we initiate that one. I'm wondering if this motion could be put on hold until we see that.
Our second comment is our understanding is that we would be doing a study of what is under federal jurisdiction. Status on reserve is federal jurisdiction. If people are off the reservation living in urban settings, that's provincial and territorial responsibilities, so maybe not...just to try to narrow this down to a more focused study. I could be wrong in that, but that's my understanding of what is federal jurisdiction and what is provincial and territorial jurisdiction.
I think the first question is what was done by the aboriginal affairs committee so we don't repeat what they just finished doing.