Mass shooting should prompt discussion on domestic violence, says Liberal MP

‘How do we tackle the core issue here around misogynist violence against women?' asks Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard. ‘That has to be a national issue.’

In the wake of the Nova Scotia shooting, Liberal MP Lenore Zann, left, and Independent Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, right, say society needs to raise the issue of gender-based violence. Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef, centre, agrees that more needs to be done. Photograph courtesy of Lenore Zann and The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Samantha Wright Allen

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 29, 2020

Canada needs to have a conversation about violence against women and ramp up support to address the problem, says Lenore Zann, the Liberal MP who represents the Nova Scotia riding where a gunman killed 22 and, police say, started the

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