Prince George, B.C.-  Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty will see his  Private Members Bill C-211 return to the House of Commons  on February 9th for second reading.

The Bill calls on the Federal Government to  develop a national framework  to  deal with  PTSD and the mental health challenges which face  members of the military,  veterans  and  first  responders.

“I’m fired up for it” says MP Doherty ” We’ve got first responders  that are going to be in the gallery for this.”

He says it will be  a good opportunity to “Look  the others across the way in the eyes and  share with them the importance of this bill.”

It has been a  project  Doherty  has been  working on  even before he was elected . “We’ve done a lot of work on this,  I am hopeful we get to third reading.  I was also part of the committee that studied  the impacts for the establishment of a national framework in the fight against PTSD, OSI (Operational Stress Injury) so it has already  been studied and it ( results)  were released in early fall.”

He is hopeful that committee work  will help move the bill along  through  the process a little  faster “This bill is so important that it needs  to  get passed, it ensures it’s a line item, whether  it’s with this government  or future governments, so we can provide the help  that is so desperately needed and we don’t lose another life.”