Chender: Action required on gender-based violence, not just engagement

HALIFAX – Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender made the following statement today:

“We are glad to see the Minister has finally started to bring together experts and stakeholders and used her convening power as recommended, but this new proposal will only be successful if necessary changes are actually implemented.

We know what the problems are – and we know what must be done. The recommendations from the Mass Casualty Commission, the Lionel Desmond inquiry, and the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls – all provide us with a path forward. Now we need to do the work.

Organizations that work to address and prevent gender-based violence need stable, core funding to do their work. That should be the first step if the government wants to urgently save lives.”

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