The head of the Windsor hospital specializing in mental health care, Bill Marra, has come out against a push from municipal leaders in Ontario to enact involuntary treatment as a way of dealing with the crisis around homelessness and addiction.
On Wednesday, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH) published an open letter from its president and CEO detailing opposition to the measure in seven points, including concerns around human rights and the effectiveness of such a model.
“The reality is one solution for all won’t work and involuntary treatment, really, there’s a lack of evidence to support that that’s a sustainable way to approach social and medical issues of this nature,” said Marra, in an interview with CTV News.
The open letter follows a letter signed by a dozen Ontario mayors, including the mayors of Windsor and Chatham-Kent, to Premier Doug Ford calling for him to use the notwithstanding clause in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to supersede autonomy rights to employ involuntary …