Ill admit the indefinite supervision part usually gets overshadowed. Its the best place for him but there was a far better time and set of circumstances for it which was when he arrived

It just sucks that it always takes citizens first being aggregiously harmed to the point of total destruction for the system to do what it should have been doing as a condition of admission. How hard would it be to supervise them while they adjust and make sure they've been evaluated by hired government psychiatrists dealing with refugees etc to make sure they are stable or they are moved along to the help they need in a safe, detached environment?

All these arguments essentially saying "Compassion, fucknuts" miss how uncompassionate and irresponsible it is to after taking in likely traumatized, vulnerable people and expecting them to drop all their habits and cultural baggage such that they're just one of the gang now and everyone'll be fine. If they qualify for asylum they've been thru some shit, they need intensive care and reintegration, not daddies credit card to max out and go wild. Thats insane but its the universal policy i guess

[–] LycanGalen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I agree, it is horrible that it takes people dying for some of these folks to get help. I do think that your focus on the trauma of refugees is slightly misplaced. Refugees and immigrants are not over-represented in the NCR population. There are more elderly Canadian-born men, Rich Canadian-born women, and Canadian-born college students than there are refugees who are NCR - just like there are more of those demographics at the macro level in Canada. This indicates it has less to do with habits and cultural baggage, and much more to do with Canada's lack of accessible mental health support for all residents. We have no insights into this particular individual, however, most people deemed NCR have prior history of accessing mental health support; or attempting, but failing, to access those supports. Our healthcare systems are not set up to ensure people with mental health difficulties have access to the level of care that would be needed to proactively intervene, or keep communities safe.

It's also troubling that this incident happened immediately after engaging with Law enforcement. This indicates a lack of training and/or investment in the person they were engaging: The officers stopped this individual, who was driving erratically with no license, and did not recognize that this person was unsafe to drive. It's disheartening that lives could have been saved if these officers had picked up on this person entering a PTSD attack. It unfortunately reflects a larger issue of law enforcement being ill prepared/ill supported (be that burnout/compassion fatigue, or just not having access to social workers/community deescalation supports) and it resulting in people being hurt/killed when mental health is a factor.