For example, at the CCC Martineau we have partnerships with community organizations that can support the offender in finding a job. It's not easy for an offender with mental health problems, but they can help the offenders. Also, we have specialized ateliers de réinsertion par le travail—supervised workshops for mental health cases. We have developed a partnership with workshops because their reintegration relies not only on the supervision of CSC but also on the capacity for them to develop positive relationships with work and with a support group network.
For example, in the Quebec region we have the chaplains. They provide, on a voluntary basis, support to the mental health cases. They are there Saturday nights; they have a special place to go to. They can go to watch hockey and they have volunteers with them. So they feel that they belong to a community and they know they can have support. They know they can phone a nurse or doctor. It's the same in other regions. One of the biggest challenges for us is to bridge our services to the provincial health care services. It's the only way we will really establish a continuum of services, because at the end of the mandate, we are no longer there. It's very important for us to build that bridge with the provincial health care.