e-1852 (Suicide prevention)

Petition to the House of Commons

• Suicide is within the top 10 leading causes of death in Canada. It is also the second leading cause of death in young people;
• Canada is one of the few developed countries not to have a national action plan for suicide prevention;
• The Government of Canada’s Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention is not a national strategy. It does not include funding, goals, time lines, or activities that would reduce suicide, and does not assign responsibility for jurisdictional action;
• Quebec has cut its overall suicide rate by a third since launching a multifaceted provincial suicide prevention strategy in 1999, with the rate of youth suicide falling by more than 50%; and
• M-174 would direct the Government of Canada to establish a much-needed National Suicide Prevention Action Plan.