June 08, 2023
The report says Canada can make major strides in addressing suicide prevention if all levels of government develop strategies tailored towards men and Indigenous people, the groups facing the highest suicide rates. The Senate committee also says the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention Act has done little to bring down the rate of suicides across Canada since it was adopted in 2016. Men account for 75% of suicides in Canada and the highest rate of suicide is among Inuit in the north. The report calls for Canada to create a national suicide data collection system and urges the existing framework to acknowledge the disproportionately high suicide rates among Indigenous people, as well as men and boys.