I think I can speak to that, sir.
First, I think it's important to understand that there is no silver bullet when it comes to mental health. Also, we're dealing with two systems of care here: the federal spectrum of care, which treats the member, and the provincial spectrum of care, which supports our families.
It may or may not be known to the honourable members that families do not go to bases for health care. Families are not able to go to bases for their mental health needs. They rely on the provinces to provide care, just as they provide care for other Canadians. That's an important difference from some of our allies, perhaps, but those are the cards dealt to our families in navigating the military lifestyle. One of the things that we have done is actively engage with the health and mental health communities to try to help them understand that, because oftentimes the caregivers in communities are not appreciative of the fact that our families can't simply go to a base to get care.
We also responded with internal programming. It was our surgeon general who led the charge on the road to mental readiness program, which helps families deal with mental stresses before, during, and after deployment. Although that's a very new and innovative product that may not have been an option at the time that the particular family you cite, sir, would have been seeking the help, it is there today. I'm happy to report that we have a working group in this calendar year that is engaged in developing unique family elements of the road to mental readiness program to build on the initial launch that was led by the director of mental health.
In addition, we put $27 million every year directly into family resource centres, which can help people access—