N.S. government prepares engagement table on gender-based violence

NDP Leader Claudia Chender said in a statement that the new group would only be successful if it leads to change.

"We know what the problems are — and we know what must be done. The recommendations from the Mass Casualty Commission, the Lionel Desmond inquiry, and the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls — all provide us with a path forward. Now we need to do the work."

For Chender, stable core funding for organizations that work to address and prevent gender-based violence would be a good first step.

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