‘It’s a virtually unknown area, and the few stats or reports … we can only really scratch the surface of this’
Randall Garrison calls for coercive and controlling behaviour to be criminalized
The law originated in the U.K. and is named after Clare Wood, a woman who was murdered in 2009 by a partner
Call volumes spiked almost immediately when swaths of Canada first locked down
Shelters also noted an increase and escalation in physical violence
Calls tripled in the spring in B.C. before levelling off in the summer
MP Randall Garrison introduces private member’s bill
Data shows that one in 10 women is very or extremely concerned about possibility of violence during pandemic
A gunman killed 22 people in a multi-hour shooting spree
The agency recorded 945 intimate partner homicides between 2008 and 2018
