Mental Health Advocates Press for Consultations on Suicide Prevention
Ottawa, May 10, 2013 — During a week designated as both Mental Health Week and National Nursing Week, Canadian nurses are joining their alliance partners in the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) to encourage the federal government to urgently initiate consultations on a national framework for suicide prevention. Bill C-300, the Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention Act passed on December 14, 2012, includes a requirement for government action within 180 days of parliamentary approval — by June 13, 2013. The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and CAMIMH want the federal government to press forward with these much-needed consultations to examine how governments, health professionals, agencies and Canadians…—
