Agriculture committee  As I mentioned, I think looking at peer support is one way in which people are definitely speaking the same language. I mentioned we've also had a great deal of success with first responders. I think each group has its own language, if you will. The way we have modified mental he

Agriculture committee  I do think there are strategies, in fact. I mentioned one program that the commission is promoting and is now running in three provinces. It's a program called “Roots of Hope”. Training is an important component of it, but you have to bear in mind that it is one component. The

Agriculture committee  The Mental Health Commission of Canada can play a supporting role in this. I will stop there. There are solutions; there are answers; and we do not need to have our farmers suffer and die unnecessarily. Thank you.

Agriculture committee  Yes, thank you.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I'm delighted to be here this morning to talk about a topic that I, along with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, am quite impassioned about. We have long understood that to get to the heart of addressing mental health and wellness of Canadians, we abs

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  We have increased the numbers since the last time we were here. To your point about the opiate deaths, we now know from a recent statistic that 31% of hospitalizations from opiate overdoses are actually incidents of self-harm. Your point is very well taken and very accurate. We

Finance committee  Yes. Thank you. It's very early days, unfortunately. As I mentioned, we were here a while ago. In that period, we have spent all of our time negotiating and trying to find money in each of the provinces for this, so it's too early for data just yet. As my colleague told you, th

Finance committee  That's an excellent question.

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. We're here today in the middle of beer, wine and spirits. However, in our discussion before we came in here today, I think we all agreed that mental health issues affect all aspects of society. We are here today to talk about a very tough topic, w

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll start. We don't actually provide services as such. The mental health first aid and the R2MR are programs that are train-the-trainer based. We've recently done the one for veterans. Do you want to add to that?

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not an expert in that area, and we haven't done specific research on that within the commission. We do know that the rates are much higher within the veterans communities, but there has been nothing specific to deal with that.