Do you remember those days when pharmacies sold cigarettes? Technically, health and cigarettes shouldn’t sleep in the same bed.
Every time I walked into a pharmacy, my brain would glitch.
I have the same bug with this Bell fundraising campaign called “Let’s Talk”. It aims to raise funds for mental health.
This week, Bell launched its 2025 campaign with the theme of youth mental health. His goal? “Highlight the intensifying crisis among young Canadians.”
My brain was doubly bugged.
A company which in 2021 became the promoter of the Canadian Grand Prix wants to talk to us about the mental health of young people!
The worst part is that we find this normal, just like cigarettes in pharmacies, to the point of entering into this fool’s game by giving them $1,605,770. This would be the amount raised following this public donation campaign.
Ask yourself: is it ethical for a company that says it takes the mental health of young people to heart to be the main promoter of an event that produces sexual exploitation of minors?
Mental health of victims of sexual exploitation
I hope that when Bell is concerned about the mental health of young people, the same is true for that of victims of sexual exploitation.
Let me tell you about the mental health of the victims who consult me daily.
They do not constitute a homogeneous group. The after-effects vary depending on the resilience of each person, the frequency and duration of the attacks.
These people live with fear in their stomach, shame, anger, even hatred, hypervigilance (rather exhausting), cold sweats, panic, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, nightmares, etc. .
-Victims of sexual exploitation do not live, they survive. They must learn to live again.
Worse still, they are convinced that they are dead. They feel different. Something was stolen from them… their souls were stolen.
Prostitutes and pimps are killers of souls.
And what are these companies complicit in this operating system?
Five months before the Canadian Grand Prix
The Grand Prix is fast approaching. What will Bell do?
I remind you that I spent a few days at the Grand Prix last year and that I found no trace of the slightest awareness campaign whatsoever on the harmful effects of prostitution, whereas the we know that this event is an important vector.
So, at Bell, are you going to implement a strategy to raise customer awareness?
Carry out shock campaigns on the purchase of sexual services?
For this, the machine would already have to recognize that it generates prostitution. Which is not tomorrow the day before.
So, when Bell says he takes the mental health of young people to heart, my brain responds: “Always talk, I’m interested in you!”
I will return to the Grand Prix this summer. We will see if Bell speaks for the cause.
