Mr. Speaker, Canadians expect our country's prisons to provide care and to rehabilitate inmates.
If a person is in prison and has a heart attack, we assume and expect that individual will receive the same kind of medical attention that is granted every citizen in this country.
Why then are inmates with mental health issues shackled and segregated instead of receiving medical attention?
Would the minister responsible for Correctional Service Canada commit to this House that he will implement and fund a mental health strategy for Canada's prisons?