Health minister comments on intimate partner violence

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Sylvia Jones says province is responding to violence in a holistic way trying to find solutions and better ways of dealing with it

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones told Sudbury.com this week the province is trying to take a holistic approach to the concerns that intimate partner violence has reached an unacceptably widespread level in our society.Sudbury on Nov. 7. She was asked to comment on the recent multiple murder in Sault Ste. Marie where a mother and her three children were killed on Oct. 23. Police have said the killings are the result of intimate partner violence.

" You know, I don't think there's any doubt that all of us can be reminded of a story in our community. Of course, our hearts go out to Sault Sainte Marie in particular. Devastating news," said Jones. Jones said in her previous portfolio as solicitor general, a ministry responsible for the training of police and other first responders, spending was increased to help confront domestic violence issues both for the first responders and for the families involved.

 

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