Starting June 1, Prince Edward Island will replace its 24-hour suicide hotline with one that operates only between 9am and 5pm, Monday through Friday. The province says it is too expensive ($30,000 a year) to operate the hotline around the clock. “It’s a very small amount of money in our view,” said Reid Burke, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association. “How many times, when you get upset or worried or concerned about things, is it in the middle of the day? It’s usually at 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning when you wake up,” said Joan Wright, executive director of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention based in Edmonton, Alberta.
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