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Liberal, Conservative MPs call for 988 service

Briefs | 05/04/2022 4:10 pm EDT
Parliament Hill on July 5, 2018./ Photo by Andrew Meade.

The fight for a dedicated three-digit emergency number for suicide prevention continued to gather steam Tuesday as both a Government and an Opposition MP called for the implementation of the 988 number in Canada.

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