Police cars block a road near the Chateau Frontenac after a sword attack in Quebec City, on Nov. 1, 2020.Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government will announce new mental health investments after a fatal sword attack in the provincial capital on Halloween night.
Two people were killed and five others wounded in the attack in Quebec City’s historic neighbourhood, allegedly carried out by a man wearing medieval garb who travelled there from Montreal’s north shore. The attack prompted Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume to call for a wider societal debate on mental health, which he described as the biggest security issue facing Canada’s major cities in the coming years.
Legault told a news conference in Montreal today that the solutions being envisioned include a closer working relationship between social workers and police.
Makes you second think our strategy on the pandemic when people may not be getting the mental health services they need.