Mr. Hyde died while in the custody of correctional guards as they tried to get him to attend court. He had been tasered by Halifax Police 30 hours earlier. Mr. Hyde had schizophrenia.
The Inquiry was called by the Nova Scotia Provincial Government to deternine how Mr. Hyde was treated by the health care and legal systems.
Originally the Canadian Mental Health Association, Nova Scotia Division, was to be allowed to present six witnesses. Three were to discuss the stigma of mental illness. I was to be one of those witnesses. The other witnesses were Dr. David Goldbloom and Jean Hughes. My evidence was to be a first person account of the stigma / discrimination one with mental illness confronts. However, the Judge hearing the evidence has chosen to reduce the number of witnesses on stigma. So, the three of us will not be giving evidence. The Inquiry concludes this week with oral and written submissions to follow at a later date.
Most of those in attendance speak of systemic problems in the health care and legal systems. I have great difficulty with the use of the word " systemic". Any system is made up of the people in it, the people who made improper or incorrect decisions should be held accountable, not the "system"...just my view.
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