‘It’s only right’: Senate weighs options to support mental health of committee witnesses

While she called current deliberations a ‘step in the right direction,’ former committee witness Alexandra Stevenson suggested Parliamentarians need training on how to approach sensitive studies.

Conservative Senator Salma Ataullahjan says there is an extra burden put on people who share their at times emotional personal experiences when testifying before parliamentary committees. Photograph courtesy of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 1, 2022

The Senate is weighing options to formalize a system to provide committee witnesses with mental health and counselling support, a move Senate Human Rights Committee chair Salma Ataullahjan says is “only right” for witnesses being asked to bare their personal stories. “It’s only right that w...

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