Thank you, Deputy Minister.
The joint suicide prevention strategy was issued a year ago. Since that time, the strategy has become a number of plans and concrete actions that are moving forward to help us deal with the situation.
First of all, we have 37 medical clinics across Canada, 31 of which are equipped with their own mental health professionals. Some of them are too small for that. However, we also have a network of over 4,000 physicians and mental health specialists in all fields and aspects, who are available to help our people specifically deal with that.
On top of that, we partner with various organizations—not only Veterans Affairs Canada, but outside organizations—to specifically address how we reduce the stigma of seeking help when you're dealing with mental health.
These put an emphasis on how we want to prevent suicide: training for individuals, resilience training for all sorts of specialist trades that are perhaps more exposed to things, but first and foremost making sure that care is available for the members and for their families in referring them to the right authorities and the right support networks to assist them along the way.