Human Resources committee  Just to add to that, the working definition of mental health, at any rate, that we've used in the context of developing the mental health strategy comes from the World Health Organization. It says that mental health is: ...a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.

Human Resources committee  With regard to prevention and mental health promotion, one of our objectives, in the context of the development of a strategy, is the promotion of mental health in the general population. We recognize that the measures aimed at promoting mental health within the general population can also contribute to the prevention of mental illness.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. With regard to our relations with the government of Quebec and the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Quebec's department of health and social services, as Mr. Kirby mentioned at the outset, we have with the government a bilateral relationship so as to be able to share information and keep up to date, on both sides, in the mental health area.

Human Resources committee  For now, we have no specific project targeting the cultural communities. However, in our document, we propose a framework for resolving these types of problems and providing a safe environment for people to deal with their mental health problems, while recognizing that there are tremendous differences from one community to the next.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I think with respect to the role of the different levels of government, and in particular the role of the federal government, the commission was set up to be able to work with all levels of government and to address some of the complex jurisdictional issues that arise, especially in areas with respect to indigenous populations in this country.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I think it may be a little too early to say there is a consensus throughout the country, but nevertheless we have now met with hundreds of Canadians in 13 cities during the 15 meetings we have held. We have also launched an on-line consultation through which we gathered over 1,700 detailed answers to our framework document aimed at developing a mental health strategy for Canada.