Dear Editor,
91Ô´´ MP Tako van Popta said he is pleased the Township of 91Ô´´ mayor and council are advocating for an additional place for people looking for mental health support to go.
9-8-8 would be a professional, free, and 24/7 phone service for Canadians struggling with mental health.
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House of Commons passed a motion, to bring a national three-digit suicide prevention hotline to Canada and asked that all municipalities across Canada to consider passing a similar motion that, given that the alarming rate of suicide in Canada constitutes a national health crisis, the House of Commons call on the government to take immidiate action, in collaboration with our provinces, to establish a national suicide prevention hotline that consolidates all suicide crisis numbers into one easy to remember three- digit (988) hotline that is accessible to all Canadians.
Dean Clark, 91Ô´´
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