According to a Senate report released today, Canada could make significant progress in addressing suicide prevention by developing strategies tailored to men and Indigenous people, who experience the highest suicide rates. The Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology found that the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention Act, adopted in 2016, has not succeeded in reducing the country’s suicide rate. The report stated that the current framework disregards evidence-based interventions for suicide prevention and does not sufficiently track the issue. Senator Stan Kutcher, a committee member, revealed that men accounted for 75% of suicides in Canada and that the Inuit community faces the highest rate of suicide. The report calls for a national suicide data collection system and urges the 2016 framework to acknowledge the disproportionately high suicide rates among Indigenous people, men, and boys. Although the federal Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Carolyn Bennett has not responded to a request for comment, the Senate informed the committee that updates to the 2016 framework are underway.
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