Ontario government denies extra funding to sexual assault centres

Ontario Attorney-General Doug Downey, seen in a June 20, 2019, file photo, informed the centres of his decision to end the extra funding late last week, a counsellor and advocate with the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre said.Ontario’s 42 sexual assault centres say the provincial government will not give them an additional $1-million in funding next year, even though demand for services is rising.

Deb Singh, a counsellor and advocate with the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre [TRCC], said Attorney-General Doug Downey informed the centres of his decision to end the extra funding late last week.“Our services are under attack,” Ms. Singh said. “What we were able to do with that [money] was remarkable.” Ms. Singh had said the TRCC’s share of the money helped to reduce the waiting list from 18 months to six months, and allowed the centre to hire three people on contract. Now, she said, “we cannot serve as many survivors.”

Mr. Downey’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. But spokeswoman Jenessa Crognali had previously told The Globe and Mail the $1-million in extra funding was added on “an extraordinary basis in the wake of the unfunded promises made by the previous Liberal government.” She said the government is maintaining funding for the ministry’s $60-million victims services program, which includes the province’s sexual-assault centres.

'...sexual assault is the most frequent cause of PTSD in women, with one study reporting that 94% of women experienced PTSD symptoms during the first two weeks after an assault.' Write your Ontario MLA today & feel free to quote me.

they must have looked a statistics of users.. too small to keep open.. very few people would walk into an office with the label sexual assault centre.. like very few walk into an office labelled sexual health centre.. Privacy loss for entering the office.

Outofnames Blame the teachers more more more

For all the virtue signallers out there. If you are so upset, nothing stops you from being generous with your own wallet.

Hey, what's a little 'slap and tickle', right Rob? Er, I mean Doug. If they let you do it, no problem, right Donald T., er, I mean Doug? I wonder if the Ford Enterprise printed those decals of Greta being sexually assaulted ... somebody should look into that ...

Of course they did

Gosh, what a surprise, she thinks, with the jaded cynicism of someone who was done with this government before they were even sworn in. Have they done ANYTHING that didn't make them seem like moustache-twirling villains?

Shameful- and not a surprise

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