Government House Leader Paul Calandra (File Photo)
An NDP bill, Declaring Intimate Partner Violence an epidemic in Ontario is getting rare backing from all parties at Queen’s Park.
Paul Calandra, Government House Leader says the province’s standing committee on justice will be performing a study on the matter too.
NDP Leader Marrit Styles now is the time to act, after 30 women were victims of femicide in 30 weeks last year, 58 overall. She refered to the inquest into the 2015 deaths of Nathalie Warmerdam, Carol Culleton and Anastasia Kuzyk that produced more than 80 recommendations towards ending IPV in Ontario.
The potential provincial declaration follows dozens of communities and counties across Ontario making the same move.
(myFM News)