TORONTO – “Intentional infliction of mental anguish”: it is one of the many accusations that the 600 plaintiffs bring against the federal government in the Statement of Claim (SoC) filed in the Federal Court last May 30. Throught it, the same complainants ask, each, $ 650,000 (for a total of nearly $ 400 million) as compensation for “damage from anti-Covid measures” to Prime Minister Trudeau, Ministers Freeland, Alghabra, Mendicino, Health Director Theresa Tam and other executive officials. (more…)
TORONTO and HAMILTON — NDP Education critic Marit Stiles and Mental Health and Addictions critic Monique Taylor released the following statement in response to a new report by the Hospital for Sick Children showing disturbing levels of clinically significant depressive symptoms among children and teens as a result of the pandemic and school closures. (more…)
It really is hard to think of any positives from this pandemic. But one thing that COVID has taught me and many Canadians about is mental health. There are so many adults and children with mental health issues. More than we ever imagined. And we need to do much more to help them because mental health matters. (more…)
2021 edition marks the 70th year of the campaign promoted by CMHA
In times of extreme anxiety and isolation, largely due to a Covid-19 pandemic that seems to have no end, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) wants each of us to be aware that “good mental health does not mean feeling happy all the time”. (more…)
Edição de 2021 assinala o 70.º ano da campanha promovida pela CMHA
Em tempos de extrema ansiedade e isolamento, muito por culpa de uma pandemia da Covid-19 que parece não ter fim, a Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) quer que cada um de nós tenha consciência que “boa saúde mental não significa sentir-se feliz o tempo todo”. (more…)