Support a National Strategy for Brain Injury Awareness

Call on the Government of Canada to develop a national strategy now

Whereas:

There are approximately 165,000 new cases of brain injury annually in Canada;
Health and community service providers require more education regarding the intersection of brain injury, mental health, and addiction;
For every NHL player who suffers a concussion in sport, more than 5,500 Canadian women sustain the same injury from domestic violence;
There were 21,824 opioid-related poisoning hospitalizations resulting in hypoxic brain injury between January 2016 and June 2020 in Canada;
An estimated 60% of brain injury survivors suffer from anxiety and/or depression;
The risk of suicide increases by 400% for a survivor of brain injury;
Brain injury survivors face a 200% increased risk of struggling with addictions after sustaining a brain injury; and
Despite the federal government committing $11 billion over ten years to improve community support and mental health and/or addiction services, none are specifically targeted to brain injury.

I support MP Alistair MacGregor's Bill C-277 to develop a national strategy to support and improve brain injury awareness, prevention, and treatment, as well as the rehabilitation and recovery of persons living with a brain injury.

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