Opinion article published by the Ottawa Citizen on December 3, 2021. Read the full article here.
In this opinion article on mental health written by Yasmin Khaliq in her Feminist Law Reform class at the University of Ottawa taught by Professor Martha Jackman – she addresses the inadequate mental health services in Canada and the need amend the Canada Health Act to community mental health support, to begin the path to improved mental health care for all Canadians.
“In theory, all mental health services should already be covered by this legislation. The Act even states: “The primary objective of Canadian health care policy is to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers.”
That’s what it states, but not what it comes close to achieving.”
– Yasmin Khaliq
