There has historically always been those with mental health issues. But do we as society now coddle those with such issues too much, and rather than acknowledging such issues prop them up as "unique" , I think so. And have we gone as far as made taking real necessary actions feel as if they would be considered discrimination, also I think so.
In this instance, why did the RCMP not remove firearms from that household on one of the multiple mental health related incidents at that household that resulted in the RCMP being there? Is it because this transgender thing is such a taboo issue they just felt they couldn't deal with it without their names potentially being smeared everywhere as discriminatory? I don't know, but I certainly think that is sometimes a factor when handling such individuals.
Now my personal stance has been to never give a fuck what people want to do with themselves as long as it does not infringe on others, its the same with religion. I'd also like to think I look at things logically, like if you are the 0.001% of the population that's trans than YOU have to adjust to what normal society is and the normal is what 99.99% of everyone else is. Sports, bathrooms, so on and so forth. Its tough cookies, hack it out, if you're born outside the 99.99% you should not get catered to and for that matter you should not even care, in my opinion that is.
Now from a becoming more of an issue standpoint. Well mentally unhealthy / ill people now have more ability than ever to convene in groups online which can have a very negative impact. Go back in time, what were they pen pals? You didn't have this. There's some pretty strong rhetoric that likely gets these people amped up, people with with mental illness.
In this specific case, certainly sounds like the mother was a lying piece of work herself and not only did she lie repeatedly, but made all efforts possible to keep the child from ever having a relationship with the father and took great effort to move around constantly. Why children were not removed after multiple mental health visits and assessments who knows. That's the system.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/tumbler-ridge-shooters-family-led-almost-nomadic-life-during-childhood-judge/This post was edited by SBD on Feb 13 2026 09:21am