Maria Mourani at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

I have a question for Ms. Tole.

You work at the provincial level. You understand that health comes under provincial jurisdiction. I am trying to understand how, in Canada's federal system, the Correctional Service of Canada—which is responsible for administering legislation on the correctional system and parole but has no responsibility for provincial jurisdiction—can take action to ensure that these individuals receive treatment?

I will give you an example: in England, individuals with clearly identified psychiatric mental health problems come under the purview of England's Health Act. This is a country, therefore it has a law.

Here, however, our laws vary depending on whether they come under a specific province or the federal government. Since we have these two levels of government, how can the Correctional Service of Canada intervene to administer provincial health legislation in addition to the Canada Health Act?