Advocacy groups are pushing for school-aged children as young as five to learn about safe and healthy relationships as the Mass Casualty Commission in Nova Scotia is set to begin next week.
St. John’s lawyer Erin Breen is representing a coalition of women’s groups — the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund in Toronto, as well as Halifax non-profits Avalon Sexual Assault Centre and Wellness Within — as the commission prepares to examine the link between intimate partner violence and the Nova Scotia mass shooting.
Breen said the ideas from the group won’t come as a surprise — they’re the same recommendations that have been echoed for years by advocates.
