Mental Illness: Julian Fantino

Julian Fantino: Julian Fantino, the embattled veterans affairs minister who came under pressure to resign this week following a testy meeting with former soldiers, said he had no plans to step down and that the closures would proceed, according to Huffington Post. The minister also implored those suffering with mental illness to reach out for help and The Harper government delivered a full-throttle defence of its planned closure of eight veterans affairs offices and the siege-laden military mental health system, blaming anti-Tory government unions and a reluctance of soldiers to step forward to seek treatment. "I'm not leaving," Fantino said during a special House of Commons debate focused on the escalating chorus of complaints from Canadian veterans across the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.