Mental Health

- The Nov. 4 budget and this week's health ministers’ meeting are the Carney government’s chance to communicate a distinct health policy agenda.
- The Nov. 4 budget and this week's health ministers’ meeting are the Carney government’s chance to communicate a distinct health policy agenda.
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- The mental health of Indigenous Peoples is not only an Indigenous issue. It is a Canadian issue and a global issue as Indigenous knowledge
- The mental health of Indigenous Peoples is not only an Indigenous issue. It is a Canadian issue and a global issue as Indigenous knowledge
- The mental health of Indigenous Peoples is not only an Indigenous issue. It is a Canadian issue and a global issue as Indigenous knowledge
- Survivors of therapy harm have increasingly turned to AI, finding it responsive, safe, and more effective than traditional therapy. The question for Parliament is
- Survivors of therapy harm have increasingly turned to AI, finding it responsive, safe, and more effective than traditional therapy. The question for Parliament is
- Survivors of therapy harm have increasingly turned to AI, finding it responsive, safe, and more effective than traditional therapy. The question for Parliament is
- We need robust public mental health care systems and psychologically safe workplaces where everyone can flourish.
- We need robust public mental health care systems and psychologically safe workplaces where everyone can flourish.
- We need robust public mental health care systems and psychologically safe workplaces where everyone can flourish.
- Given the unconscionable human and societal cost of long wait times, limited access, and documented systemic inequity, strategic action is required.
- Given the unconscionable human and societal cost of long wait times, limited access, and documented systemic inequity, strategic action is required.
- Given the unconscionable human and societal cost of long wait times, limited access, and documented systemic inequity, strategic action is required.
- The Canadian Mental Health Association reported in 2024 that the mental health of Canadians is three times worse than before COVID-19, and that no
- The Canadian Mental Health Association reported in 2024 that the mental health of Canadians is three times worse than before COVID-19, and that no
- The Canadian Mental Health Association reported in 2024 that the mental health of Canadians is three times worse than before COVID-19, and that no
- We need robust oversight of AI technologies used to influence and sell a state of mind meant to improve our emotional well-being.

- We need robust oversight of AI technologies used to influence and sell a state of mind meant to improve our emotional well-being.
- We need robust oversight of AI technologies used to influence and sell a state of mind meant to improve our emotional well-being.

- There is a clear lack of consistency, cohesion, and dedication when it comes to children’s health care in Canada.
- There is a clear lack of consistency, cohesion, and dedication when it comes to children’s health care in Canada.
- There is a clear lack of consistency, cohesion, and dedication when it comes to children’s health care in Canada.
- For too long, the government has relied on these not-for-profit organizations to fill the gaps in basic health care, without adequately funding them. Looking forward,
- For too long, the government has relied on these not-for-profit organizations to fill the gaps in basic health care, without adequately funding them. Looking forward,
- For too long, the government has relied on these not-for-profit organizations to fill the gaps in basic health care, without adequately funding them. Looking forward,
- Privatization threatens the public health-care system in Canada. By taking funding and staff away from public hospitals, it will make wait times for urgent
Opinion | March 27, 2023
Opinion | March 27, 2023
- Privatization threatens the public health-care system in Canada. By taking funding and staff away from public hospitals, it will make wait times for urgent
Opinion | March 27, 2023
- Privatization threatens the public health-care system in Canada. By taking funding and staff away from public hospitals, it will make wait times for urgent
- Bill C-39 adds another year before Canada’s MAID regime expands to allow individuals suffering solely from mental illness to request medically assisted death.

- Bill C-39 adds another year before Canada’s MAID regime expands to allow individuals suffering solely from mental illness to request medically assisted death.
- Bill C-39 adds another year before Canada’s MAID regime expands to allow individuals suffering solely from mental illness to request medically assisted death.

- Moronic flamethrower rhetoric and talking points from all sides won’t do the job of properly figuring out what is best here.
- Moronic flamethrower rhetoric and talking points from all sides won’t do the job of properly figuring out what is best here.
- Moronic flamethrower rhetoric and talking points from all sides won’t do the job of properly figuring out what is best here.
- Assisted death for mental illness as a sole underlying cause will become legal in Canada on March 17. Bill C-39, currently at the Senate,
- Assisted death for mental illness as a sole underlying cause will become legal in Canada on March 17. Bill C-39, currently at the Senate,
- Assisted death for mental illness as a sole underlying cause will become legal in Canada on March 17. Bill C-39, currently at the Senate,
- Green Leader Elizabeth May says she would feel more comfortable supporting the expansion of medically assisted death if the government was making an accelerated
- Green Leader Elizabeth May says she would feel more comfortable supporting the expansion of medically assisted death if the government was making an accelerated
- Green Leader Elizabeth May says she would feel more comfortable supporting the expansion of medically assisted death if the government was making an accelerated
- The survey found that following three years of coping with the pandemic, in addition to increasing economic challenges, 'disappointment in Canada has taken its

- The survey found that following three years of coping with the pandemic, in addition to increasing economic challenges, 'disappointment in Canada has taken its
- The survey found that following three years of coping with the pandemic, in addition to increasing economic challenges, 'disappointment in Canada has taken its

- For the pause to expanding medical assistance in dying to have meaning, the time must be used to develop policy following an unbiased review
- For the pause to expanding medical assistance in dying to have meaning, the time must be used to develop policy following an unbiased review
- For the pause to expanding medical assistance in dying to have meaning, the time must be used to develop policy following an unbiased review
- In delaying the expansion of MAID, the government has taken a baby step in the right direction, but they are still missing the point:
- In delaying the expansion of MAID, the government has taken a baby step in the right direction, but they are still missing the point:
- In delaying the expansion of MAID, the government has taken a baby step in the right direction, but they are still missing the point:
- Honestly labeling alcohol products and focusing on suicide prevention efforts are simple actions that can be taken to improve health outcomes in Canada.
- Honestly labeling alcohol products and focusing on suicide prevention efforts are simple actions that can be taken to improve health outcomes in Canada.
- Honestly labeling alcohol products and focusing on suicide prevention efforts are simple actions that can be taken to improve health outcomes in Canada.