Lefebvre renews call for involuntary care for severe addictions, mental health crisis - Sudbury News

Plus: friends and colleagues pay tribute to Mulroney-era speechwriter and Policy magazine publisher L. Ian MacDonald, Conservative MP Michael Guglielmin and Senator Lucie Moncion each take on new roles, and parliamentarians beat diplomats in their annual cricket match at Rideau Hall. Conservative MP Eric Lefebvre gets emotional as he receives a standing ovation in the House of Commons on Oct. 7. Lefebvre was hospitalized following a health scare on the flight home from his party's caucus retreat last month. Screenshots courtesy of CPAC

Vancouver Liberals mayoral candidate Kareem Allam is asking Vancouverites to vote no on Oct. 17 when asked if they want to convert the old St. Paul’s Hospital into an involuntary care facility. The plebiscite, which will appear on the municipal election ballot, will centre on whether the city should ask the province to “convert portions of the old St. Paul’s Hospital, or another similar site, into a secure medical facility that provides acute voluntary and 100-plus involuntary care beds for individuals posing a serious risk to themselves or others due to severe substance use and mental health disorders.”

Windsor city council has joined a growing list of voices asking the province to investigate involuntary mental health and addiction treatment. Last week, council unanimously endorsed a campaign by Ontario’s Big City Mayors that, among other things, urges the Government of Ontario to review the Mental Health Act and the Health Care Consent Act.