Canada; Trust Me this is Not a Good Idea

Wow, Prince Edward Island is a beautiful spot to vacation and the people are among the most friendly in all of Canada; however, they may want to rethink their decision on their suicide hotline.

Starting in June, they will shut its 24-hour suicide hotline and replace it with one that operates only during business hours. That’s right, a 9 to 5 Suicide hot line.

“How many times, when you get upset or worried or concerned about things, is it in the middle of the day? It’s usually at 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning when you wake up,” said Joan Wright, executive director of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention based in Edmonton, Alberta.

The hotline received about 1,400 calls a year and about 50 were from people contemplating suicide, health groups said.

I guess the people of PEI are going to have to plan their suicide crisis accordingly. If this were not such a serious subject it would be amusing. Actually it is a bit amusing in a Scrapple kind-a-way. What will be the next cost saving idea, no police patrol between the hours of 1am to 7am or no fireman calls on the weekends?

Take a look at this reason why the 24 hr suicide hotline was scaled back.

“One of the things I was hearing is the government felt there weren’t enough suicide-related calls,” Wright said.

Of course the question does come to mind, why doesn’t the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention man the phones and provide this service?

This is also a news alert to all the Democrats that were suffering from PEST, Post Election Stress Trauma or having symptoms of PEST. You may want to avoid PEI.