Canadian coverage, focused on involuntary psychiatric care, with verified short holdings, original analysis and links to the underlying sources. A publication date isn't the same as a decision date. The dates below identify which is shown.
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Canadian law recognizes addiction as an illness that can impair control over drug use. Families struggling to prevent another overdose are left confronting a difficult distinction between dangerous behaviour, decision-making capacity and the power to compel treatment.
The Supreme Court held that Ontario's Consent and Capacity Board acted unreasonably in finding a psychiatric patient incapable of refusing proposed treatment. Rejecting medical advice doesn't itself prove incapacity.
Alberta's Mental Health Act allows detention in defined circumstances and also provides review and treatment protections. Those safeguards are part of the institutional process, not an afterthought.
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