Justice committee  Yes, I do.

Justice committee  I think that it would, yes.

Justice committee  Let me preface this by saying that I'm not an expert at what's going to be the best thing for changes in the Criminal Code, but it certainly is a huge gap, I think, because the coercive and controlling behaviour is such a huge piece of abuse, really, and it's unseen. It's difficu

Justice committee  I'm not quite sure I understand your question.

Justice committee  Well, I think that victims have a great fear that they are going to lose their children if they even bring it up, so to have reinforcement as to the security and the safety that they would have of their children.... That's a big stopper for women's even coming to shelters because

Justice committee  I agree with the other two ladies who have spoken. There are red flags. Yes, education is a big part of it in order to recognize what is an unhealthy relationship and who is acting in an abusive way, but also, men have a particular need to call out other men when they are saying

Justice committee  Yes. Thank you.

Justice committee  A firearms ban would be such a powerful way to help victims of abuse. When we do a danger assessment we know the ownership of a firearm, even if it's not in the home, significantly increases that person's risk of homicide. We know that removing that power from the abuser would si

Justice committee  We could really use a lot more funding, honestly. Not to make everything about money, but I really feel we're significantly underfunded. To have to pay $13 an hour to our staff is.... I'm in a crisis currently, just to have staff to man our particular facility, so we seek to supp

Justice committee  Yes, thank you. I can answer that with pleasure. Being as small as you know our town is, Rob, it can be as difficult as even using a taxi service, for example. We have one or two here in our town and it's happened that one of our clients knows the taxi driver who knows the abuse

Justice committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to this valuable committee. My name is Julie Matthews, and I am the executive director of the Sussex Vale Transition House, which is an emergency shelter for women leaving domestic abuse in rural New Brunswick. It is