Mentally Disabled Veterans and the Federal Court

From the CVA post on Mr. Leduc and his situation, very well said Mike Blais. There isn't anything else I could add other than, I am off to Federal Court and there is a problem. I am looking at all the options available to the mentally disabled veterans, as they apply to the courts, and their appears to be no extra assistance

My thoughts are; if you are mentally disabled and have to go to court then, the exact same public funding should be made available so that cost and personal disability do not put the veteran at an immediate disadvantage. In the courts eyes, there should be no difference in a mental disability vice physical disability.

As it is your right to represent yourself, how can you do this fairly with a mental disability? Furthermore, the veteran no longer has the choice to represent themselves because of their disability. So now, the veteran is forced to hire a lawyer. For many veteran’s, the cost of a lawyer would be a major deciding factor. This situation would not be the same if the plaintiff were not mentally disabled. This situation alone, makes this system unfair to the mentally disabled veteran. 

It would be the same if someone unable to walk could not get access into the court due to their physical disability. We build ramps and special facilities for the physically disabled but nothing for the disadvantaged, mentally disabled

More to follow on this subject.

This is a sad and shameful time for our country. Forcing mentally disabled veterans to go to Federal Court and without the choice other Canadian’s enjoy, are forced into financial hardship because they must hire a lawyer because of their mental disability. Shame!