Mr. Speaker, my heart goes out to those individual families who have lost loved ones from suicide.
We are committed to working collaboratively with the first nations community and our federal partners, as well as provincial and other partners, on initiatives that would improve the well-being of first nations communities and individuals, including the Cowichan tribes.
We recently signed an historic tripartite agreement with the first nations in British Columbia and the provincial health departments. This will give the first nations a major role in the planning, designing and management of health care services for their communities.