Toronto city council declared gender-based and intimate partner violence an epidemic Thursday — the same day a man was arrested for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting an “underhoused” woman.
The declaration was part of a motion from Mayor Olivia Chow that passed with no opposition, and calls on the provincial and federal governments to make the same move, just weeks after Ontario declined to do so.
The city’s declaration came as a 54-year-old man was charged with sexual assault and administer drug overcome resistance after approaching a woman Tuesday near the intersection of Dufferin Street and Bloor Street West. Police said the man offered to drive
