Saskatchewan has introduced involuntary drug treatment legislation on the final day of the fall legislature sitting.
If passed, the Compassionate Intervention Act, Bill 48, would allow those with addictions to be committed to treatment without their consent.
Premier Scott Moe said the legislation will allow the province to “put families first” by providing treatment and care to those “unable to seek help on their own because of their severe addiction.”
He told reporters the timing of the bill was deliberate.
“It’s so that we now have the winter and the spring session to work through some of those operational questions that are there with those that are directly supporting people in their recovery journey,” Moe said on Dec. 5….