Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, the trouble I am having with this debate is that we are putting a lot of faith in a government that has made a lot of promises over the last seven years. It has failed in its boil water advisories plan for first nations and still allows and permits billions of litres of raw sewage to be dumped in our waterways.

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. My colleague, earlier in his speech, shamed those of us who may be follicly challenged in this House, and I take offence to that. I would ask for our hon. colleague to apologize.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, earlier this week, on Tuesday as a matter of fact, we heard about the death of Constable Yang, a three-year veteran with the RCMP, a mental health and outreach worker. She was somebody who was so passionate about doing everything in her power to support those who were struggling with mental health and addictions, a dedicated member, a committed volunteer and a champion in her community.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I want to offer our colleague another opportunity. Today in question period she brought up a tragic case of a young mother who was pregnant, I believe, and could not find housing in her community. Sadly, this young mother died by suicide. We must consider the importance of housing, the importance of clean water and the importance of, as my colleague said, nutrition in our rural and remote communities.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I am going to take our hon. colleague's last comments a bit further. I am where I am today because of the volunteers, the sports I was in and the cadet program I was in, which essentially provided me an outlet and a safe place from the dysfunction I was growing up in.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I want to thank my hon. colleague not just for her intervention today, but also for the passion she has shown since we were elected in 2015. I know she does a lot of outreach work within her communities. There are some strong mental health organizations within her community that do incredible work on the ground.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, we know that millions of Canadians right across our country do not have access to a family doctor. Family doctors are very often the first point of contact for those who are struggling with mental health. Does our colleague feel there is more that is needed to be done by the government and other governments, and what can be done to perhaps provide more medical professionals within our country and entice more medical professionals here so that, as our colleagues mentioned earlier, when people call for help, there is help available, and when they try to get help, there is help available.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I would like to offer my hon. colleague a little bit more time to finish his speech.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I must have misunderstood or misheard my hon. colleague in reference to a question that was asked earlier about one of the challenges we are facing with respect to the government's dollars and why they are not flowing. I think I heard him say that it was an issue with the provinces.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, my hon. colleague across the way was the first member from the government who stepped forward to do whatever she could on her side to champion my bill, Bill C-211, and she has assisted us along the way with our other initiatives we have put forth. This is a question I asked one of her colleagues earlier, and I think it is relevant now because I know her passion in standing up for our veterans.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I thank my hon. colleague for her passion on this file. Since we were elected, she has been one of the loudest voices in terms of standing up for veterans who were prescribed mefloquine and the mental injuries they have faced from that drug. While we are on the topic of veterans, we know that when our veterans serve, their families do as well.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, back in the summer, we learned of a veteran who had reached out to Veterans Affairs in a time of need who was counselled by a Veterans Affairs employee to perhaps consider medical assistance in dying. We know that recovery is always possible, and we have to manage through recovery, whether it is addictions or mental illness.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I want to thank our hon. colleague from Courtenay—Alberni for his speech and his passion in this area as well. I know we share that. One of the very first debates I took part in after being elected in 2015 was in 2016 on the Attawapiskat First Nation and the suicide epidemic it had there.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I apologize to my friend, but perhaps he could state this one more time. I just want to know again the amount of money that Quebec has committed to its mental health plan, as well as the seven pillars. I am not quite sure I heard that there was anything in them for addictions or recovery.

Mental Health  Madam Chair, I wonder if our hon. colleague could tell us exactly what Quebec's provincial mental health plan is.