The name Bruce Johnson will mean little to the vast majority of Albertans.

But it’s a name anyone with a semblance of humanity ought to know.

Johnson died earlier this month. Mounties found his body responding to a fire at a home in the Village of Empress on the Alberta side of the provincial boundary with Saskatchewan.

It’s believed he took his own life, as Johnson posted a lengthy message to Facebook saying he could no longer go on.

And in death, Johnson’s words may now be louder than they ever were in life.

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On her Facebook page this week, noted Canadian businesswoman Arlene Dickinson detailed the circumstances leading up to Johnson’s death, and his futile attempts to get the provincial government to listen.

‘Struggled since childhood’

According to Dickinson, Johnson, 57, had lived with severe mental health challenges since he was 10 years old and for nearly three decades survived on the meagre stipend he received under the Alberta Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH).

While his AISH monthly payments did not even meet........

© Calgary Herald