Bridging the gap between public safety and mental health

With the new Federal ministers for Justice, Public Safety, Housing, Health, and of course Mental Health and Addictions, comes an opportunity. An opportunity for change.

Ya’ara Saks was sworn in as addictions and mental health minister in a July cabinet shuffle.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHEL RODRIGUE

October 2, 2023

You’ve seen the articles, you’ve heard the soundbites, the ones that group everyone with a mental illness into one category: dangerous. But what’s dangerous is when we dehumanize people who live with a mental health or substance use concern. Public safety is a concern ...

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