Georgina McGrath, 54, is the driving force behind a private member's bill in the Senate of Canada that calls for the creation of a national strategy on intimate partner violence.
A private members' bill spearheaded by two people from Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to pass in the Senate on Tuesday. Georgina's Law will give the country two years to create a national strategy to prevent intimate partner violence.Georgina McGrath is the driving force behind a private member's bill now in the Senate that calls for the creation of a national strategy on intimate partner violence.
The bill's name refers to Georgina McGrath of Branch, N.L., an advocate who drew upon her own painful experiences to develop a plan for a national strategy, and who took her ideas to Conservative Senator Fabian Manning. "After I got out of that situation and started to really look at what happened to me over several years of my life, I didn't feel protected. I didn't feel that there was anybody there to protect me," she said.McGrath and Manning have been working to move the bill into the House of Commons since 2017. The bill received second reading in March 2023.
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