Conservative MP Questions Delay in Suicide Hotline as COVID 19 Crisis Calls Continue

Conservative MP Todd Doherty rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 10, 2021. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

OTTAWA—A Conservative member of Parliament is questioning why a national suicide-prevention hotline approved by the House of Commons last year still does not exist.

MPs from all parties voted in December 2020 for “immediate action” to set up a suicide hotline that people in crisis could call for help by dialing 988.