There are a number of perspectives on the way to manage mental health cases. Should they be criminalized or not?
The government has conducted consultations and Correctional Service Canada is working with the correctional services of the provinces and studying this mental health issue in the adult correctional system. Perhaps it might be worthwhile to see with the committee whether we can call the heads of the correctional services to see where they are in the midst of their proceedings.
I obviously don't have them in hand at this time, but there are also the analyses of the tribunals specialized in mental health. Such tribunals exist in various places. When an individual must appear before a judge, the mental health issue will be examined and the decision will be made whether to refer that case to the criminal justice system. An enormous amount of research is being done on those tribunals. That research is relatively recent. I think it would be worthwhile to look at what is coming out of that research.