Thank you.
I will comment directly on the aboriginal one, before you go back to Howard.
When you look at the data on mental health for first nations, Métis, and Inuit, all Canadians ought to be embarrassed. When you look at the suicide rate among children under 24, for first nations and Inuit in particular, it's appalling.
If you look at the suicide rate among Canadian youth, it is the second biggest killer of our children between the ages of 15 and 24, second only to cars. If you look at the data for first nations and Inuit, for which the federal government has responsibility, it is somewhere between five and seven times higher than the national average.
As a Canadian, I'm embarrassed by that. I think a considerable effort needs to be made to improve mental health services for first nations, Inuit, and Métis, on reserves, which is a direct federal responsibility, but frankly, also in the cities. There are more first nations children living in Canadian cities—that is, off reserve—than there are living on reserve. All of the problems of mental illness and of substance abuse are colossal. The fact is that we have a unique opportunity in the world to do something.
We know it can be done. We know, for example, the work that Australia has done with its aborigines and the work that New Zealand has done with the Maoris has had a very significant impact over the last decade in terms of improving their mental health. I think, frankly, it's not only time; the time is long gone when we as Canadians should be making that same effort.
So, Mr. Lessard, I'm completely in agreement with you on that.
Howard, do you want to comment on the other pieces?