I can say that in the beginning when this happened, our government financially helped the families of citizens and permanent residents, but the rest of the families that had ties to Canada were not on the list for financial help.
As for psychological help, I've asked several times for psychological help, because the majority of families suffer from PTSD and depression. I can give you an example: MH17, the Malaysian airliner that was downed in 2014. I'm in touch with those families, Air India families and others. I know that after this happened, three universities in the Netherlands came forward and supported the families for five years.
We never had this kind of service here. The RCMP said that we could be on the victim services list. For example, they call me on Father's Day or Christmas Day and just share their sympathy with me.
We have kids who were affected. We have mothers and fathers. Some of them are not in Canada. It's very difficult to help them. That's why our association asked some professionals to come and help these families in the language they speak.