MPPs to debate bill declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic
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A bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic is to be debated at Queen’s Park late Wednesday. According to the Ontario NDP, 200 advocates will fill the gallery to press Doug Ford’s conservative government to act.
A bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic is to be debated at Queen’s Park late Wednesday.
According to the Ontario NDP, 200 advocates will fill the gallery to press Doug Ford’s conservative government to act.
“The ask is that the Government of Ontario shall recognize that intimate partner violence is an epidemic in Ontario,” stated Windsor West MPP Lisa Gretzky at a morning news conference.
She was joined by three other NDP legislators, including London West MPP Peggy Sattler.
Sattler said the passing of Bill 173, the Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act, would be a declaration to act on the crisis.
“Just as we did in COVID. And look at how we were able to mobilize resources, ministries, change policies, and swing into action,” Sattler added.
Already, at least 94 Ontario municipalities, including London and Windsor, have declared intimate partner violence an epidemic.
