Opinion: Improving B.C.'s Mental Health Act is about respecting rights

When we talk about mental illnesses, it can be difficult to strike a balance between recognizing the gravity of serious mental illness, and avoiding the myths and stereotypes that stigmatize those with such a diagnosis. Stigma makes people seem less human, and therefore less entitled to the respect and rights that we extend to other human beings.
I fear that critics of a recent report on B.C.’s mental health laws have done too much of the former at the expense of the latter. In doing so, t