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From YouTube: MAY 3 2022 Statements Karin Kirkpatrick
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
This
february,
I
was
privileged
to
sit
down
with
julia
kaisler,
who
is
the
executive
director
for
the
canadian
mental
health
association,
north
and
west
vancouver
over
the
past
year.
Julia
and
her
team
have
launched
the
peer,
assisted
care,
team
or
pact.
For
short,
this
program
is
one
I'd
like
to
highlight
in
the
house
today.
It's
an
alternative
service
to
police
response
in
a
crisis,
call
related
to
mental
health
and
substance
abuse.
A
I
first
learned
about
pact
during
a
presentation
to
the
special
committee
on
reforming
the
police
act
and
then
again
during
my
meeting
with
julia.
One
thing
has
been
clear
to
me
and
to
so
many
others,
police
response
alone
is
most
often
not
the
best
response
to
somebody
with
a
mental
health
issue.
Mental
health
challenges
are
not
criminal
in
nature
and
armed
response
can
escalate
to
can
escalate
issues
when
the
association,
the
association,
offers
a
variety
of
social
and
support
groups
that
are
free
and
open
to
everyone.
But
this
is
a
program.
A
I'm
particularly
excited
about
pact
pairs,
a
mental
health
professional
such
as
a
social
worker,
counselor
or
psychiatric
nurse.
With
a
peer
support
worker
with
the
goal
to
connect
north
shore
residents
and
their
families,
who
are
in
crisis
to
hope
and
help,
the
objective
is
to
build
relationships,
and
this
includes
follow-up
with
these
individuals
and
families
to
navigate
ongoing
health
and
community
assistance.
A
Intervention
by
the
pact
team
before
a
major
escalation
occurs,
is
a
sensible
approach.
Congratulations
to
the
cmha
team
for
your
innovative
approach
and
honorable
speaker,
I'd
like
to
thank
thank
all
those
at
canadian
mental
health
of
the
north
shore,
as
well
as
the
west,
vancouver
police
and
the
north
vancouver
rcmp
for
their
collaboration
on
this
great
project.
Thank
you.