Public Safety committee  That is a very excellent point. I think it's critical that we work with women's groups to ensure that any legislation put forward does not increase the risk to individuals. I don't think it's something we can very quickly sort out in two minutes. I think this is an important ques

Public Safety committee  I do think that it has started to see the problem of guns as a public health issue and the reflection of the extreme risks. The red flag law within there, I think, is one example of that. I think one thing we need to realize and be cognizant of is that even if we don't see somet

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's correct.

Public Safety committee  I'll add quickly to that. I may be mistaken, but I don't see a provision within this document to allow for physicians to make a report based on their interaction with a patient. That, to me, would be something important to discuss, because there's nothing in there about being ab

Public Safety committee  Thanks for the question. We know that if you live in a home with a gun, you're five times more likely to die by suicide. Further, most suicides are impulsive actions. By impulsive, I mean the suicidal crisis passes in 10 minutes to a hour. Reducing the means by which someone can

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  For me as a doctor, it's an important intervention because suicide is the end result of many different illnesses. A lot of factors go into the final moment. Being able to actually limit the means is one of the strongest pieces of evidence we have to actually decrease the number

Public Safety committee  It's extremely difficult, as a physician, to see someone who has had a gunshot wound, but it's not just me. It's the people who surround that individual who has had the gunshot wound. It's the family. It's the community. This is an injury that has multiple rippling effects. Again

Public Safety committee  We will submit, I think in summary, that the mental health community is unanimously in favour of means restriction, which has been put in place in many different areas, to prevent suicide, including on things like bridges. Very few people, a minority of them, actually substitute.