tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post2603332063616659748..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Mother, the Soldier, and the Con Suicide ScandalSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-61005485051468244172014-03-08T07:36:33.714-05:002014-03-08T07:36:33.714-05:00hi anon...you're welcome, it's both a plea...hi anon...you're welcome, it's both a pleasure and an honour. It infuriates me to see people who have served their country so honourably being treated so shabbily by those ghastly Cons. But I love the way the veterans are fighting back and I'm with them all the way...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-86731167800264165252014-03-08T07:34:21.828-05:002014-03-08T07:34:21.828-05:00hi e.a.f...you're right, as I just told David,...hi e.a.f...you're right, as I just told David, it's like there are two parallel systems, one for treating illnesses of the body and the other for treating ones of the mind. And they are not in the slightest way comparable. There is too much stigma, and not enough resources, and believe me I'm not quiet about it. We need a whole new approach to treating mental illness because there should be no shame and much much more kindness...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-70480313546911062532014-03-08T07:29:42.524-05:002014-03-08T07:29:42.524-05:00hi David...I seas going to put those figures in bu...hi David...I seas going to put those figures in but I ran out of time. Because I have had to shepherd a friend through that system I am only too painfully aware of its limitations. It's a real scandal. One in five Canadians will be affected by some kind of mental illness during their lives, and yet the system we have in place is totally inadequate. You leave a shining emergency room, and enter a mental health area, and it's so horrible and old and so shabby. I can't stand to see the mentally ill treated that way, and although I don't write about it much, it's one of the things I care about most...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-50767801839236183742014-03-07T11:45:07.541-05:002014-03-07T11:45:07.541-05:00Simon, thank you for speaking up for our veterans!...Simon, thank you for speaking up for our veterans! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-59749706294091073722014-03-07T06:24:28.212-05:002014-03-07T06:24:28.212-05:00if it was a disease which had caused all these dea...if it was a disease which had caused all these deaths there would have been much more action. However because this is caused by a mental condition it is still seen by many as a "weakness". then of course these Veterans has served their purpose and are of no further use to the federal conservatives. They keep giving lip service but nothing changes so you know what they really think.<br /><br />Sending a one cent cheque to the families of veterans is what they really thing their family members are worth. They are dead, no longer of any use to us. Its like when the Titanic sunk. The company sent the families of dead crew members the cost of the buttons on their uniforms. Nothing has changed amongst those who run things.<br /><br />if the government was truly concerned about the one cent cheques they would have issued a memo to all staff telling them to review files and any which might be "sensitve" to send them to managers who could make a final determination. The Cons haven't done it because they don't care about Veterans. We saw that as soon as they started trying to pay them off and get rid of them with a paltry $250K cheque. Do not expect anything to change. We may well see 5 or 6 suicides per month but the families will still be treated like dirt. There still won't be enough mental health professionals to treat active and Veteran armed forces members. The federal Conservatives just don't want to spend the money. They want a surplus for the next election and a few dead Veterans isn't going to stand in the way of that happening. e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-46867133497214365072014-03-07T02:58:20.113-05:002014-03-07T02:58:20.113-05:00Tue Jan 28 2014
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/ed...Tue Jan 28 2014<br /><br />http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2014/01/28/canadas_troubled_afghan_veterans_deserve_better_editorial.html<br /><br />As the Canadian Press reported a few days ago, the military has never met its target of 447 mental health workers, set a decade ago as the Afghan war began to heat up and before stress injuries mushroomed. There were 388 mental health staff last month. And a year and a half after the government committed $11.4 million to address the shortage, the military is just now getting around to hiring 54 more people. It has been a glacial process.<br /><br />http://metronews.ca/news/canada/921941/turf-war-impedes-hiring-of-cf-psychiatrists/<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.com