ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᖅ ‘ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ,’ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᔾᔮᙱᓚᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ

For English version, see Health minister affirms ‘suicide crisis,’ but GN won’t declare public health emergency

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒃᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ “ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ,” ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᔮᓐ ᒪᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᑕᖃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ.

ᒪᐃᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑕ−ᑐᖓᓕᖓ ᐹᓪ ᐃᕐᙵᐅᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔫᓂ 25−ᒥ “ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ” ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ-ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᐲᑕ ᑕᑉᑑᓇᒥ 2015−ᒥ.

“ᐅᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᙶᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᖁᖓᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓱᓕᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᒻᒥᕈᒻᒥ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ,” ᒪᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᕐᙵᐅᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ.

“ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐄ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ. ᐄ, ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓱᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ.”

ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᑐᖁᖓᔪᓕᕆᔨᐅᑉ ᓱᓕᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕᒥ, ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑐᖁᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᔪᐊᔾ ᐋᕐᓗᖅᑐᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ−ᑲᐱᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐹᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ 2019−ᒥ.

ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ 32−ᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᓕᖁᔭᐅᓇᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᔫᓂ 25−ᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓱᖁᓯᕐᓂᖃᓗᐊᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ 25−ᖑᔪᓂ “ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓂ” ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᕗᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ 2024-2029−ᒥ — ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ-ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᖅᑎᑦᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

“ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᕈᒪᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᔾᔮᙱᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ,” ᒪᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

“ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᕘᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᑖᓂ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ 25−ᖑᔪᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓂ.”

25−ᖑᔪᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ. ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓂ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᐃᕆᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ “ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ,” ᒪᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

“ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ (ᓘᒃᑖᖅ ᐃᑯᐊ ᐊᒡᔨᒪᖕ) ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓇᔭᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ,” ᒪᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

“ᐅᕙᖓ, ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓪᓗᖓ, ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᙱᓚᖓ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓄᑦ ᑭᓱ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᐊᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ.”

ᒪᐃᓐ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᖅ ᑲᔪᓯᕗᖅ “ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ” ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ  ᐅᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ “ᓂᕆᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ” ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ.

ᐊᕐᕌᓂ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᒪᐃᓐ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 445−ᓂ deaths ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ 2010−ᒥ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ 2023 ᐃᓱᖓᓄᑦ.

“ᕿᓂᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᒫᓐᓇ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᖅᑎᑦᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ,” ᒪᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᕐᙵᐅᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ.

“ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᖅᑳᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓄᑦ,” ᐃᕐᙵᐅᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

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