Health committee  The challenge comes from the fact that there isn't just one target. Everyone is interested in young people, but they aren't the ones who are most at risk; it's adult men. There are sub-groups as well, such as gay and lesbian individuals. Since there isn't a single target, we need

Health committee  I will provide a brief answer to your question about what is preventing the creation of a national strategy in Canada: it's a lack of political willingness. One of the problems is that there aren't enough people to demand this kind of strategy, because of the stigma related to su

Health committee  The United States subsidizes a national network and is also improving the quality of telephone help lines. Many European countries, as part of their national suicide prevention strategies, subsidize a national network with one phone number that anyone can call any time to be conn

Health committee  I could just add that Canada is now moving in the right direction in terms of knowledge application. There's a big emphasis at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on knowledge application. The issue, again, is leadership and knowledgeable leadership. The example is that

Health committee  I think we've touched upon some of these things in some of the comments. For example, the highest-risk group for suicide is middle-aged men. Middle-aged men call suicide prevention help lines less often. They don't talk to their doctors about feeling depressed. If they seek menta

Health committee  I don't see any reason why we can't start implementing this legislation in Canada in under two years.

Health committee  I'm going to speak in French, if that is all right. In 1987, the report of the National Task Force on Suicide in Canada provided in its conclusion a series of 40 specific recommendations to prevent suicide in Canada. I was part of the group of experts tasked with revising and up