Public Safety committee  For Canada in particular, I am not. A recent Canadian Medical Association Journal article came out showing that while firearm suicides do seem to go down in association with gun legislation, overall suicide stays the same. They ranked my studies, actually, as the highest-ranking

Public Safety committee  It would have a far greater effect. I've been coming here for 10 years. People have said to me that they are increasing funding, but so far our wait-lists have increased, especially over the last two years.

Public Safety committee  My research doesn't look into that, but other research has looked into what criminals prefer. They typically do prefer the firearms with ejectable magazines. That has changed over the years. Previously, they did use revolvers. With restrictions in D.C. and other places in the U

Public Safety committee  Thank you for letting me present my research regarding Canadian firearms legislation and its association with homicide, spousal homicide, mass homicide and suicide in Canada. I am an assistant professor of medicine at McMaster University and an emergency physician in Hamilton. I

Public Safety committee  To answer that in a few seconds is hard. The main thing I've seen directly, and I want to echo exactly what Dr. Henry is saying, is people discharged to the community from prison with significant drug addiction and mental health issues, with no care facilitated after their disc

Public Safety committee  Operation Ceasefire is one of the older programs. Like I said before, the police went to the gang leaders and tried to get agreements among them all. As Dr. Henry said, when they meet, they can sometimes solve some of the issues. They got agreements to cease the violence, and the

Public Safety committee  BillC-71, in terms of [Technical Difficulty—Editor] in 2016, this recent study.... There's not enough data to look at any effects from any newer legislation.

Public Safety committee  I'd like to echo what Dr. Henry and Mr. Tu'Inukuafe said. We are seeing a lot of people in the emergency department. Methamphetamine addiction has become a significant issue, as well as fentanyl, and street trade drives a lot of this crime. We're seeing people released from priso

Public Safety committee  They would go out to the gang leaders and inform them that there would be serious crackdowns if they were involved in violence. That led to a significant reduction in violent activity from these gangs.

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's correct. There doesn't seem to be any association with reductions in homicide from any of the legislative efforts that have been produced by Canada's C-51, Bill C-17 and Bill C-68.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely not. Unfortunately, all that money appears to have been misspent. We are currently heading into the next round, and many firearms are going to be confiscated or banned. That's probably another billion dollars. The best focus would be to spend this money on deterrent

Public Safety committee  No, I think you summed it up quite well. There are several strategies. Most of them involve a comprehensive network. Often they will have a primary person in charge of the program who will assess the youth in need and then determine which are the best programs for them to attend

Public Safety committee  Okay. The demand side had significant effects on reducing violence and homicide, while the supply side had no statistically significant effect. Hence, I would recommend that, going forward, we focus on programs that reduce the demand side of firearms acquisition in the future,

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Chair. Members of the committee, thank you for letting me present my research regarding Canadian firearms legislation and its association with homicide, spousal homicide, mass homicide and suicide in Canada. I am a professor of medicine at McMaster University and an