Give Mentally Ill People Help and Hope, Not Easier Access to Death (Press Conference)
The Trudeau Government is extending assisted suicide to the mentally ill – they’re just ... Full Article
Mental Health
The Trudeau Government must back down entirely on expanding assisted suicide for mental illness
The Trudeau Government must not just delay expanding assisted suicide for mental illness: They ... Full Article
Senator Denise Batters Asks Senate Committee Chair About their Report on Suicide Prevention Framework
I have been a mental health advocate since my husband died by suicide in 2009. Earlier this ... Full Article
Why Put Canadian Women at Risk With Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness?
The Trudeau Government’s own gender-based analysis of its bill expanding assisted suicide to ... Full Article
Canadians with Mental Illness Need Help and Hope, Not Assisted Suicide
The Trudeau Government should use Bill C-39’s one year delay to review WHETHER it is right to ... Full Article
Trudeau Government is All Talk, No Action on Mental Health Funding
The Trudeau Government has a track record of overpromising and underdelivering. In Mental ... Full Article
Trudeau Government Fails Canada on Suicide Prevention
The Trudeau government has done precious little for suicide prevention in the 6.5 years ... Full Article
Press Release – Sen. Denise Batters: Government Bill C-7 Amendment is a “Four-Alarm Fire for Mental Illness in Canada”
Press Release – Sen. Denise Batters: Government Bill C-7 Amendment is a “Four-Alarm ... Full Article
Senator Batters: Assisted Suicide Bill is “Runaway Train” — Consequences Will Be “Dire”
The Trudeau government’s assisted suicide Bill C-7 is ableist and discriminatory. But it has ... Full Article
“Sunset Clause” for Bill C-7 Will Sunset the Lives of People with Mental Illness
The Senate recently voted to add a “sunset clause” on excluding mental illness from ... Full Article