Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Mike Hager, Kathryn Blaze Baum
Publication Date: May 18, 2025 - 20:21
B.C. does not know how many people are on extended leave from involuntary hospital stays
May 18, 2025
The B.C. government does not know how many people are under involuntary mental-health supervision outside hospital settings at any given time, the province’s Ministry of Health acknowledges. That lack of tracking makes it impossible to know whether the teams responsible for caring for such people are properly resourced in a province with one of the worst ratios of mental health care professionals to patients in the country, critics say.
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OTTAWA — The federal government provided private security for close protection or to guard the home of 22 candidates in the last federal election amid a rise in threats and intimidation towards politicians.
Throughout the campaign, 15 candidates were granted private security service that acted as their bodyguard during campaign events or daily activities, Privy Council Office (PCO) spokesperson Daniel Savoie told National Post.
Another two were provided home monitoring services by an unarmed guard, while five met the threshold to receive both services, Savoie said.
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