Veterans Affairs Canada is not like National Defence. It is very difficult for us to get information or statistics on the number of veterans who commit suicide or who die as the result of a suicide, because, unfortunately, it depends whether it really is a suicide. It depends on the family. Will they choose to tell us? There are confidentiality concerns. So we do not have that kind of information about suicides among veterans. But we are actively researching it. We have some data.
On June 5th, 2012. See this statement in context.