Born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Batters worked in the health care field as a pharmaceutical representative with Pfizer Inc.,[1][2] and as a political assistant to Grant Devine.
[4] In March 2006, he questioned Health Canada on its strategy concerning Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, which he believed was more prominent in First Nations communities and would be beneficial to distribute pamphlets on FASD to people on reserves in their childbearing years.
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.
[10] Several of his former colleagues, including Conservative MPs Tom Lukiwski, Jay Hill and Andrew Scheer and Liberal MP Ralph Goodale, paid tribute to Batters following his death.
[11] At his funeral, Harper spoke of the need for greater public understanding of, and compassion for, the struggles faced by sufferers of anxiety and depression.