Legislative Assembly are calling on the government to take immediate action on suicide prevention. She told CBC News the committee is trying to remove red tape and create clear access to funds. Motion follows coroner’s reportLast month the N.W.T.’s chief coroner released early data on suicide rates in the territory, highlighting the upsurge of deaths by suicide that he said “alarmed us quite a bit.”Twenty-nine people in the N.W.T. He recognized all those lost this year to suicide and spoke to the need to be proactive rather than reactive. “It could save a life.”All nine MLAs present at Monday’s sitting addressed the motion while the six ministers and the premier abstained.

Source: CBC News November 02, 2022 18:53 UTC