Vaughn Palmer: Last-minute change to Mental Health Act shows every sign of an NDP government making things up as it goes along (Vancouver Sun)

The second-to-last week of the fall legislative session began with a last-minute addition by a government that showed every sign of making things up as it goes along.

The bill, introduced Monday, removes a provision in the Mental Health Act that has been targeted by a court challenge going back almost a decade.

The passage declares that where a patient is detained in a designated treatment facility under the Act, “treatment authorized by the director is deemed to be given with the consent of the patient”  ...

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