{"id":2467,"date":"2016-05-04T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T15:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/statement-by-the-prime-minister-of-canada-on-mental-health-week\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:24:39","slug":"statement-by-the-prime-minister-of-canada-on-mental-health-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/2016\/05\/04\/statement-by-the-prime-minister-of-canada-on-mental-health-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Mental Health Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px\">\n\tThe Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement on Mental Health Week:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px\">\n\t&ldquo;This week is Mental Health Week, an occasion for all Canadians to have a candid discussion about mental health and wellness and help put an end to the stigma around mental illness once and for all.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px\">\n\t&ldquo;In Canada and around the world, many suffer in silence with an illness that is invisible to others. One in five Canadians will struggle with mental illness at some point in their lives. Too often, they hesitate to seek the help and support they need out of fear of discrimination or shame.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px\">\n\t&ldquo;We all have a responsibility to raise our awareness about mental health. We must actively encourage honest and open conversations &ndash; in our homes, our workplaces, and our communities &ndash; about what mental health is and what we can do to increase our collective well-being. We must listen to our loved-ones, our colleagues, our friends, look out for signs and offer them support and advice in times of need. It can be a challenge for all of us to cope with the fast pace of life, daily stresses, and obligations. We all need to stand strong together.&quot;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px\">\n\t<span style=\"line-height: 20.8px\">Story Credit:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pm.gc.ca\" style=\"line-height: 20.8px\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;line-height: 16.8667px;font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif\">pm.gc.ca<\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px\">\n\t<strong>For more information on Mental Health please contact Mental Health Association, BC Division toll free&nbsp;1.800.555.8222 or online&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmha.bc.ca\/about-us\/contact\">cmha.bc.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement on Mental Health Week: &ldquo;This week is Mental Health Week, an occasion for all Canadians to have a candid discussion about mental health and wellness and help put an end to the stigma around mental illness once and for all. &ldquo;In Canada and around the world, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-2467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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