Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I began working in the social services area in the beginning of the 90s. At that time, the social determinants of health were crucial to the identification of the best interventions to improve the health and well-being of the population. That was put aside during the next decade because of budget considerations. People then focused more on structures. That is why it does me good to hear representatives from the health and public health arenas talking about the social determinants of health.
My question is addressed to the Statistics Canada representatives. Over the past 20 years, we were told that one person out of five would face some mental health issue in the course of their lives. And yet on page 6 of your brief, you refer to a third of Canadians.
Do the data you have explain that increase? We have gone from one in five to one in three persons who will experience mental health issues in their lives.
How did such an increase come about?