Feds’ suicide prevention framework ‘fiscally irresponsible, scientifically invalid,’ and ‘made people feel good’ without results, say Senators

Senator Ratna Omidvar says an updated framework will need to focus on the overrepresentation of boys and men in Canada’s suicide rate.

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett appeared before the Senate Social Affairs Committee on Sept. 29, 2022, during its study of the Federal Framework on Suicide Prevention. The committee's June 8 report says the framework has failed to prioritize evidence-based interventions and the most at-risk Canadians.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

June 21, 2023

More than six years after the introduction of the federal government’s suicide prevention strategy, a Senate committee says it has failed to meaningfully reduce the rate of suicides in Canada due to a “fiscally irresponsible, scientifically invalid” framework with an o...

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