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survivors who are behind me many of them
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faces made public for the first time for
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the longest time you can imagine they
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kept their stories quiet for fear that
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their aggressors might
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reemerge and carry out reprisals against
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them but they have decided on their own
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and I would add with incredible courage
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to speak out today so that they can
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ensure that no one has to live through
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the relentless hell they have faced for
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so many years some of them have lo lost
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loved ones to murder others have been
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terrorized by imprisonment in a small
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home with a monster for years on end all
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of them live with the fear that their
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aggressor may once again strike them in
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the future they want this to end i want
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to thank Karine Blow who is here today
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on behalf of the Association of Women
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and Children Victims of Sexual Domestic
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andor Family Violence in December she
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left her partner after her daughter
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revealed she had been assaulted um by
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this uh individual since then she's been
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actively advocating for victims and
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fighting back but most of all thank you
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to them for coming here today and
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fighting for everyone else and thank you
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to Pierre um Senator Vnu Pierre Ugbanu
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has been fighting for victims ever since
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he lost a loved one to crime in 2023
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alone 123 victims uh of uh aged 12 and
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over uh were reported to police every
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day thousands more suffer in silence
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trapped in a cycle of violence that they
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feel helpless to escape studies show
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that economic stress and financial
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strain worsen these types of family
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violence cases from 2009 to 2014 by
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contrast family violence and intimate
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intimate partner violence was actually
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on the decline but and in fact in 2014
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it marked the lowest year of family
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violence ever recorded unfortunately
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things have changed for the worse with
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family and intimate partner violence up
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19% sexual assaults up
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75% sexual violations against children
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119% these shocking numbers are the
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results of yes increased financial
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also laws that release the most violent
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repeat offenders again and again on
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early bail parole probation and house
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arrest these numbers should alarm all
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Canadians unfortunately over the last 10
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years the Canadian government has failed
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to take them seriously there is a time
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when bail laws focused on justice and
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public safety when our laws kept the
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most dangerous behind bars now easy bail
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and catch and release policies tip the
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scales in favor of the criminals and
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against the victims the results is that
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violent offenders are back on the
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streets to terrorize their victims again
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and again and again and every few days
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we learn the stories of yet another
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devastating attack on innocent people
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i'm here today to tell you that change
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is on the way the new Conservative
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government will reverse the catch and
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release laws of the Liberal government
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the early bail the house arrest and the
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law allowing Paula Bernardo out of
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maximum penitentiary into a medium we
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C75 C5 and C83 and we will bring real
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change to put victims first today though
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I will focus specifically on intimate
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partner violence with a three-step plan
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one we'll create a new criminal offense
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for assault of an intimate partner this
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will deliver tougher sentences for those
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who do domestic violence two we will j
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there will be jail and not bail for the
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as a default for people who are accused
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of domestic violence so they cannot be
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released on the street and reaffend
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against their victims those that in rare
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cases do get bail will have to wear an
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ankle bracelet for monitoring any breach
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of conditions would result in immediate
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imprisonment three we will end the sless
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senseless practice of downgrading murder
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of an intimate partner to manslaughter
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simply because the murderer claims that
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it was a crime of passion a conservative
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government will make sure that anyone
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who murders their intimate partner their
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child or their partner's child will have
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a firstderee conviction we will
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introduce we will reintroduce the law of
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S265 which will increase protections for
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victims of crime my conservative
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government will ensure that criminals fa
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stay behind bars and victims stay safe
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we will lock up violent abusers longer
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to keep them away from children and
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women and we will bring home the safe
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communities that Canadians deserve
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canada should be a a safe place for law-
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abiding people a country that protects
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its citizens here at home and and
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against foreign threats as well over the
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last three terms and 10 years of the
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Liberal government Canada's gotten more
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dangerous and people are afraid violent
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crime has skyrocketed by 50% nationally
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and communities across Quebec feel it
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just as well we need a new Conservative
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government that will stop crime restore
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safe streets and put Canada first for a
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change a government that will restore
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Canada's promise where hard work leads
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to a great life in a beautiful and
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affordable house on a safe street
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protected by strong laws brave police
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and watched over by the proud Canadian
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flag that's what it means to put the
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rights of victims first to put Canada
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first put to put our future first for a
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change thank you very much
