Thank you so much.
Thank you to all the witnesses.
I'm joining you from unceded Algonquin territory, but from home today, which is new.
My first question is for Debbie or Jaime.
I want to ask you about the mental health of a particular segment of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community: the trans community. We know that trans youth face a much higher risk and higher rates of mental crises than other youth. For example, from the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association, we know that LGBTQ youth face 14 times the risk of suicide—you indicated suicide rates before—and substance abuse of heterosexual peers, and from an Ontario-based study, we know that 77% of trans youth who responded to that study had seriously considered suicide and 45% had attempted suicide. It also found that trans youth and those who had experienced physical or sexual assault were found to be at the greatest risk.
I mean, to share that these statistics are not alarming or upsetting is a complete understatement and, clearly, is indicative of a failure to respond to people of diverse identities and experiences. I think it also demonstrates that we are not properly supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and, in particular, trans and gender-diverse youth.
Can you expand on what more we need to do to support queer and trans young people? I know you spoke about disaggregated data. I certainly agree with you. Just on the ground, if we could turn the key tomorrow, what would some of those supports look like?