FST supports Bill 173
April 17, 2024
As an agency committed to ending gender-based violence, Family Service Toronto (FST) is pleased that Bill 173 – Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act – passed 2nd reading in the provincial legislature on April 10, 2024.
Family Service Toronto released a statement in July of 2023 urging the government to take this important action. Declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic helps to take it out of the shadows, debunking the idea that it is a private matter, and elevates it to a public health priority.
Bill 173, introduced as a Private Members’ Bill and backed by the Government on 2nd reading, officially recognizes the scale, scope, and devastating impact of intimate partner violence as a public health crisis and epidemic in the Province of Ontario.
Read FST’s full statement and join us in raising awareness about the importance of addressing IPV as a public health crisis.