Todd Doherty, MP for Cariboo-Prince George, recently tabled a motion in Parliament to bring together existing suicide prevention services under one national, three-digit phone number: 988. Dr. Allison Crawford is the chief medical officer of the Canada Suicide Prevention Service, which operates a national 10-digit, 24-hour hotline for suicide prevention services. Establishing a single, nationwide suicide hotline would involve linking together existing crisis services that now operate locally or regionally. Trump signed the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act into law in October. Dr. Crawford said the Canada Suicide Prevention Service is working with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to survey Canadians on the idea of a three-digit national hotline.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2020 09:00 UTC