MP Sahota Raises Concern Over Growing Incidents of Domestic Violence in Brampton

The Voice of Canada:

Ruby Sahota, the re-elected Member of Parliament for Brampton North, spoke on the first day of the 43rd Parliament to raise a pressing issue in Brampton and across Canada – the increase in violent domestic crime in our communities, on the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Ecole Polytechnique anti-feminist massacre.

“Over the past 10 years, 22 women and children have been murdered in Brampton as a result of domestic violence. Their names include Lucy Wojtalski, Maria Gorospe, Christian Gorospe, Laura Grant, Riya Rajkumar and many more. Too often they died at the hands of someone they knew well, like a spouse or a parent,” said MP Sahota. “No one should fear for their lives at home. We need our community and all levels of government to keep working together to prevent these horrific crimes before they occur. We must keep building on the work we started in 2015. We must do more.”

MP Sahota statement in the House of Commons echoes sentiments expressed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that “things have not changed enough.” The re-elect Liberal Government will ban military-style assault weapons and remain committed to their National Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence.