On the proposal to have better coordination in the system for young people with mental illness and behavioural and developmental disabilities, we see some aspects of it in some provinces and territories, often in a single centre, such as a town. We don't see it at the national level. There is a lack of clarity.
For example, I'm reviewing a case at the moment of an adolescent with autism who had a very significant psychotic episode. In the context of that, his father was killed. He was found to be not criminally responsible for that act because of a very significant mental disorder. He had gone to a hospital, but he wasn't certified under the provincial legislation and retained. The parents were very afraid to leave him in an adult psychiatric facility, which was mostly for street-involved adults. He was a very vulnerable person; they brought him home, and his father was unfortunately murdered. He has been completely stabilized and is back in the community and living with the terrible consequences of what happened.
Could it have been prevented? I don't know, but the issue is this: what about the supports for an adolescent who has a developmental disability and a mental health challenge? In crime prevention, do we have a consistent approach and adequate mental health supports for kids with dual diagnoses and kids with special needs? As well, we refer in our brief to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, so we are not seeing effective national standards and strategies. We see a patchwork--