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House Hansard - 114

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 20, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 114 - Oct/20/22
Mr. Todd Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George, CPC)
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Madam Chair, I want to thank our hon. colleague from Courtenay—Alberni for his speech and his passion in this area as well. I know we share that. One of the very first debates I took part in after being elected in 2015 was in 2016 on the Attawapiskat First Nation and the suicide epidemic it had there. I remember standing up and saying in my speech how suicide had negatively impacted my life. One of the members from the Liberal Party, the government, stood up. He was a member for 28 years. One of the very first debates he had was on the suicide epidemic in first nations communities. Sadly, all these years later, we are still so far behind and there is still so much more to do. I struggle that, even in the seven years that I have been elected, we have made some ground, but sadly, we are still seeing children as young as four take their lives and take part in suicide pacts. There is so much more to do. Would my hon. colleague like to talk about the suicide epidemic we see in first nations and marginalized communities?
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