Tag: parliament
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Ontario takes steps to help first responders with PTSD
BY JASMINE ANTHONY AND ERIN QUEENAN A new bill was passed last week by the Ontario government to enable first-responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to acquire faster mental-health treatment. What this means, is after decades of needing to prove their PTSD was work-related, first-responders– such as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics– in Ontario will no…
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Is this Canada’s war?
On Monday, Oct. 20, Martin Couture-Rouleau, a Muslim convert, purportedly ran over a soldier in a parking lot in Quebec. Then, on Oct. 22, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, another Muslim convert, shot Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and was later hunted and killed. This shooting is the second attack hinting at connections with the Islamic State of Iraq and…