Justice Minister says Ottawa is committed to ending gender-based violence in letter to Ontario coroner’s office
The federal government described gender-based violence as “an epidemic” in its formal response to a coroner’s inquest, months after the Ontario government refused to do so.coroner’s office – responding to jury recommendations from an inquest last summer – Justice Minister Arif Virani said in the Aug.
Mr. Virani said both recommendations are “aligned with the Government’s ongoing efforts to prevent and eradicate” gender-based violence. In his letter, Mr. Virani responded that first-degree murder is already punishable by a mandatory life sentence, and that abuse, bias or hate could be considered aggravating factors for sentencing or parole in manslaughter or second-degree murder cases.
Kirsten Mercer, a lawyer who represented the group EVA Renfrew County at the inquest, said she is pleased by the tone of the federal government’s response and the openness it signalled “to ongoing engagement with EVA and others in the sector.” The final report of the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission – which conducted an inquiry into the April, 2020, shooting rampage that left 22 people dead – found that intimate partner violence was at the very core of the worst mass shooting in Canadian history.
Pamela Cross, a lawyer who provided testimony at the inquest, said she could not help comparing the federal government’s response to the provincial government’s.
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