New guidelines around involuntary care are receiving criticism from those who advocate for drug users and their families

Updated systematic review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences.

The mass casualties in Vancouver after a man drove an SUV through a crowd at the Lapu Lapu festival have put the government’s attempts to grapple with mental health crises into overdrive.

The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that provisions in the province's involuntary care regime allowing forced psychiatric treatment without assessing a patient's decision-making capacity are unconstitutional. Justice Lauren Blake found these provisions violated patients' Canadian Charter rights to equality, life, liberty, and security of the person. The court ordered the BC government to amend legislation within six months, criticizing the system for granting mental health facility directors automatic power to provide any treatment to involuntary patients without consent or oversight. This decision follows a decade-long legal challenge by the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), which argued the system wrongly assumes all involuntary patients lack capacity, eroding individual liberty and causing trauma. The ruling also struck down related provisions in BC's Consent Act and Representation Agreement Act. The case highlights tensions between expanding involuntary treatment for severe mental health conditions and respecting patient autonomy, as advocates warn against potential coercion and systemic harms.

A letter by Kim Sim to Mr. Eby in Victoria, is a huge threat to Vancouver, not only is he not involved at all with the Hospital System, he has specific requested more involuntary beds at taxpayer expense. I presume compelled on the Private Providenc

via Home - CBSNews.com — In the year since President Trump signed an executive order aimed at moving homeless people off the streets, states have expanded involuntary treatment for the homeless.

Some of the addictions workers the NDP says it is trying to protect say they will refuse to implement the “violent expansion of involuntary treatment.”

The 10 beds, located at the South Fraser Pretrial Centre, will focus solely on patients who have come in contact with the justice system.

Lawmakers authorize procedures for involuntary treatment of mentally ill inmates requiring care.

Marnie Zien from the Legal Aid Society said there would be no justice in holding the 31-year-old Santos criminally liable for actions he took in a state of psychosis.

Involuntary treatment won’t solve homelessness.Rising housing costs, inequality & underfunded services are the real causes, not mental health or addiction alone

Bill 53, the Compassionate Intervention Act, lays out the criteria, guidelines and process for a family member or guardian, health-care professional or police officer to get someone into treatment. Th...