Whereas Public Safety Personnel Network PSPNET is delivered through the University of Reginas Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment CIPSRTICRTSP and is funded by the Government of Canada through Public Safety Canada; And whereas public safety personnel in rural, volunteer, and Indigenous communities face significant geographic and financial barriers to specialized care which is necessary due to disproportionately high rates of mental health disorders due to frequent exposure to traumatic events, similar to all public safety personnel: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge the Province of British Columbia to formally authorize the University of Regina to deliver specialized, therapist-guided online cognitive behavioural therapy PSPNET to all public safety personnel across British Columbia; And be it further resolved that the Province of British Columbia provide funding of 233,000 per fiscal year in 202627 and 202728.
