Toronto Council Passes Chow Motion to Declare Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic

Toronto Council Passes Chow Motion to Declare Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic
Mayor Olivia Chow waves to the crowd at council chambers during her Declaration of Office Ceremony at Toronto City Hall in Toronto on July 12, 2023. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press
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Toronto city council has declared gender-based violence and intimate partner violence an epidemic in the city.

The declaration was part of a motion from newly-minted mayor Olivia Chow and calls on the provincial and federal governments to make the same move, which Ontario recently declined to do.