TORONTO — Victims of intimate partner violence and their supporters are upset after early election speculation forced an Ontario legislative committee to cut short what was supposed to be an exhaustive study of the issue.
A possible spring election forced one of the committee’s leaders to expedite the study's timeline with the goal of completing a report by February, while the other leader called the situation a"farce."
"I don't know if there will be an early election, but given everything is possible and given everything that we've worked on, I'm expediting the timeline," said Jess Dixon, the Progressive Conservative co-lead of the committee. Her report with recommendations on a way forward is now expected to be completed in February 2025, at least two months earlier than planned.
Ford defended the decision to put the bill on hold in favour of studying the issue, saying the legislation needed"some teeth" before proceeding. The province has since twice denied motions put forward by the opposition to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic. In September, both Dixon and Wong-Tam had said they were were hopeful after the committee heard from about 90 witnesses in total, most of them advocates and organizations who help women."Kristyn cares and wants to see a change and understands that I am pushing for this just as hard as anybody else," Dixon said in September.
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