Get to work, women's advocates urge after partner violence bill passes 2nd reading

As the Ontario government promised earlier in the day, an NDP private member's bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic passed second reading at the legislature Wednesday evening without a fight.

Get to work, women's advocates urge after partner violence bill passes 2nd reading
Erin Lee is the executive director of Lanark County Interval House and Community Support, that offers services to women and their children impacted by intimate partner violence, including running a 15 bed shelter in the Ottawa Valley.

As the Ontario government promised earlier in the day, an NDP private member's bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic passed second reading at the legislature Wednesday evening without a fight.