This article expresses its author’s views and does not necessarily represent FASMI’s official position.
Richard Charney is a Toronto-based labour and employment lawyer, an area in which he has practiced for several decades. In recent years he has handled the many issues arising from the mental illness of a family member, both medical and legal. As a lawyer he is sensitive to the need for family members to be able to advance the needs of an ill relative, which is to the benefit of everybody, including the broader community, while constructively reconciling this with individual liberties in a balanced and practical way.