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FORT ST. JOHN, B.C – City council is in support of a 3-digit suicide prevention hotline in Canada.
City staff will be sending a letter in support of the hotline to local MP Bob Zimmer, the Federal Minister of Health, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and local area municipalities. The motion advising staff to pen a letter of support was approved at Monday’s council meeting.
Conservative MP Todd Doherty (Cariboo–Prince George, B.C.) introduced the motion to the House of Commons on December 11th, which passed. The motion aims to establish an easy to remember three-digit (988) hotline that is accessible to all Canadians. Local MP Bob Zimmer sent a letter to council on March 31st asking for the city’s support.