The B.C. government has tabled changes to the Mental Health Act, which it says will reduce the legal exposure of healthcare workers, who deliver involuntary care to patients held under the law.
The committee’s report, released Friday, says the federal government should create the list and provide funding to ensure all Canadians can get essential medication at no cost.
The office of Health Minister Marjorie Michel would only say the government knows the cost of such treatments presents a challenge for many Canadians and it would have more to say ‘in due course’—the same response it has provided since the election.
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