Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Mike Hager
Publication Date: May 30, 2025 - 07:00
B.C. Supreme Court judge hears opening arguments in constitutional challenge of provincial Mental Health Act
May 30, 2025
A B.C. Supreme Court judge deciding whether the province’s Mental Health Act violates the Charter rights of people forced into treatment has heard opening arguments in a challenge that started in 2016.On Thursday, the lead lawyer for the plaintiff laid out the testimony Justice Lauren Blake is set to hear, including from a psychiatric patient who says they were tackled and injected with medication, and another who will tell court they walked into an emergency room, were given drugs and then woke up detained against their will.
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