Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Member stated in his Member’s statement, I and the department are in the process of reviewing our mental health and addictions strategy, and I will make sure that we put focus on consulting with the communities and putting in culturally appropriate programming.
Secondly, Mr.
Speaker, our front-line staff are
trained, in working with the communities, to be aware of and prepared to deal with suicide potential. Specifically to what the Member is speaking to, which are the three suicides that happened in the community, I
have asked the
deputy minister to send a team of specialists there to address that situation in the short term.