As I said earlier, the provinces are responsible for assisting victims. Canadian provinces are divided roughly into three groups: four provinces are truly leaders in victim assistance—Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Manitoba; four maritime provinces are somewhere in the middle; four others provide absolutely no assistance, including Northwest Territories and Newfoundland and Labrador. I am close to an Ottawa family whose daughter was murdered in Newfoundland and Labrador. This family has already spent $30,000 just on attending judicial proceedings. The province provides no support.
I campaign a lot for Canada to adopt a victims' rights charter. In Canada, the provinces administer a health care system, but our health legislation comes from the federal government. A sick Canadian—be it in Quebec or Ontario—receives services of roughly the same quality. However, if you are a parent living in Toronto and your child was a victim of crime in Montreal, you will receive no services, either from Quebec or Ontario. The crime has to have been committed in the province you reside in. That's not normal. Canadians should be treated equally from province to province. I campaign a lot for reciprocity among provinces. Agreements should be concluded between provinces, as is the case for labour and training. If a crime is committed against you in Quebec, but you live in Ontario, Ontario should provide you with support, and vice versa.
If a crime is committed against families from Vancouver or Toronto in Quebec, they receive assistance from the association I have founded. They receive no assistance from their province.
To answer your question, I must say I'm convinced that psychotherapeutic services will enable us to identify more quickly what I would refer to as collateral damages in families. In such cases, psychotherapeutic assistance could be provided.