Domestic abuse survivor rips Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld for re-victimizing her at parliamentary committee meeting
A witness who stormed out of a parliamentary committee meeting in tears Wednesday is demanding an apology from a Liberal MP who put a halt to a planned discussion about violence against women in favour of a debate about abortion rights.
The meeting was scheduled after the killing of Breanna Broadfoot, 17, in London, Ont., who police say was a victim of intimate partner violence. “I’m supposed to be dead,” she told the committee, showing MPs graphic photos of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend three years ago.Before long, Alexander’s family members were berating MPs for a partisan display that descended into procedural chaos. Her mother told Vandenbeld that she was “disappointed,” and the whole thing amounted to further abuse of her daughter.
“This is the problem. Did she listen to anything that was said this morning?” said another witness, Megan Walker, who lives in London and advocates to end male violence against women. Not long after that, Alexander stormed out of the room in tears. Walker turned her back on the committee and followed.
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