B.C. acting to reduce liability for health-care workers providing involuntary care

The B.C. government is introducing changes to the Mental Health Act to provide stronger legal protection to workers providing involuntary care.
Premier David Eby said health-care workers need that protection to treat patients because of an ongoing court challenge.
That challenge, working its way through the courts for nearly 10 years and having recently concluded the trial stage, aims to stop the province from forcing treatment such as medication or electroshock therapy on people who are held in