Editing Dave Batters (section)

==Political career==
Batters was a supporter of the [[Tackling Violent Crime Act]] (Bill C-2), which sought tougher penalties for gun crimes and impaired driving and provided new ways to detect drug impaired driving. Batters successfully pressured the federal Liberal government during his term to reclassify [[Methamphetamine|crystal meth]] as a Schedule 1 drug (the most serious category) under the [[Controlled Drugs and Substances Act]]. Batters' efforts also helped to secure $15 million in federal funding for the Moose Jaw Multiplex project and to secure the safe return of Saskatchewan residents from New Orleans during [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref name=CTV>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050902/canadians_neworleans_050902?s_name=&no_ads |title=Cdns stranded in New Orleans want Ottawa's help |publisher=CTV |date=February 2, 2005 |accessdate=2009-09-04 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In March 2006, he questioned Health Canada on its strategy concerning [[Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder]], which he believed was more prominent in [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] communities and would be beneficial to distribute pamphlets on FASD to people on [[Indian reserve|reserves]] in their childbearing years. At the beginning of 2008, he urged the president of [[Telefilm Canada]] not to fund films that were objectionable and supported Bill C-10.

Batters stated that one of his motivations for entering politics was the murder of his friend Michelle Lenius on November 4, 2003 by her estranged husband. In April 2008, he proposed an amendment to the Criminal Code called "Michelle's Law" that would make it more difficult for anyone accused of committing a personal injury to get bail.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kyle |first=Anne |date=April 11, 2008 |title=MP's bill inspired by friend's tragic murder |url= |page=A8 |work=[[The StarPhoenix]] |location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |access-date=}}</ref>
 
Batters was admitted to hospital on July 1, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www2.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=4f625812-0bcf-4bf7-94bc-401b9eb0fa26|title = Palliser MP Dave Batters in hospital|publisher = Regina Leader-Post|date = July 9, 2008|accessdate = 2009-06-30|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080731152335/http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=4f625812-0bcf-4bf7-94bc-401b9eb0fa26|archivedate = July 31, 2008}}</ref> He announced on September 1, 2008 that he would not be running in the [[40th Canadian federal election|2008 election]] because of a battle with [[clinical depression|depression]] that included an addiction to [[benzodiazepine]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-mp-batters-won-t-run-again-citing-depression-1.768611|title = Sask. MP Batters won't run again, citing depression|date = September 2, 2008|publisher = CBC News|accessdate = 2014-05-22}}</ref>