Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Cooper, for that question. I'll pass it off to my colleague who is primarily responsible for those programs, and he'll be happy to outline briefly what those are.

Justice committee  There are other experts around the table who may have more specific ideas. Around the actual services, the important part is for the individuals to have access to prevention. If you're going to be listening in on very traumatic experiences and those are going to be related duri

Justice committee  Perfect.

Justice committee  Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chair, for inviting the commission to provide our perspective on jurors' mental health. Before I begin, I would like to congratulate this committee for focusing on the mental health risks of jury duty, a topic about which relatively little is

Justice committee  Thank you very much.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, on the last portion of your question, which is the most important criteria, it's not going to be surprising to you that, as in any change management process, the firm commitment of the leadership is the most important criteria for success. I'll give you an example. If

Public Safety committee  I'd be happy to. As an organization we're very proud that whenever we deliver training it is informed by evidence. We are quite pleased to be able to share that knowledge as we develop programs. Perhaps I could give you a short summary of how we deliver the programming. When we

Public Safety committee  I hope I can communicate this next message properly. We are all susceptible to mental health problems. It is not a moment of weakness and there is no predisposition. Of course, some people can be predisposed to problems of that kind. If we add a medication or an illicit substanc

Public Safety committee  I will begin by making a broader comment, and Ms. Vail can round out my answer. As we saw earlier, the statistics show that one in five people will experience a mental disorder or a mental illness at one age or the other. More than 500,000 Canadians are not able to report to wor

Public Safety committee  I will respond briefly and then turn to an expert in the field. We have developed the National Standard of Canada on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace. It is the first of its kind in the world. This standard has been adopted by thousands of workplaces. It creates

Public Safety committee  At the commission we don't intervene on the ground. That is really not part of our mandate. However, we are doing prevention. Many of our programs are focused on prevention. We all know about the first aid program, which allows us to intervene when a person gets injured and to s

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, and distinguished members, thank you for the time that you have allocated in your busy schedule this morning. The Mental Health Commission of Canada is thrilled to be able to present a snapshot of a program that we deliver for first responders, police forces, and heal

Finance committee  Yes. Our argument is to use evidence-informed practices that have been proven to be effective to reach the objectives and provide individuals with a better quality of life, and that are cost effective or cost neutral as well. In the study we released about a month ago, we identif

Finance committee  I'll start, and let Dave wrap up. I'm not sure it's about being satisfied. It's about being able to accurately reflect what the investments are creating in terms of faster access to services when and where people need them. In order to do that, we need to acknowledge that, as pa

Finance committee  Thank you. Thank you for inviting the Mental Health Commission of Canada to speak with you today on the budget implementation act. We are, after all, your commission, and it's always a pleasure to act as your trusted adviser on matters relating to mental health and wellness of C