Funding for organizations supporting Indigenous Women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in British Columbia
John Aldag, Member of Parliament for Cloverdale—Langley City statement on supporting Indigenous women and girls
September 26, 2023 – British Columbia
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls highlighted the underlying systemic causes of ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The COVID-19 Pandemic also created unprecedented challenges for victims and survivors seeking help and the frontline organizations that support them.
On behalf of Minister Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, John Aldag, Member of Parliament for Cloverdale – Langley City, and Taleeb Noormohamed, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced over $3.8 million for ten organizations in British Columbia that work to end gender-based violence in Indigenous communities.
Lower Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society (LFVAS), located in Langley City, received $400,000 of the $3.8 million. With this funding, LFVAS will be able to increase its capacity to address the root causes of gender-based violence and ensure that Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, and their communities, can prosper now and in the future.
“The high rates of violence against Indigenous women and girls are alarming. Frontline organizations, activists, and volunteers, like Lower Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society, are leading this systemic change. Supporting their life-saving work is a priority. This funding will help bolster capacity to prevent and address the root causes of gender-based violence and continue to build a safer community in Cloverdale – Langley City.” – John Aldag, Member of Parliament for Cloverdale – Langley City.
Contacts:
Megan Waddington
Constituency Assistant
Office of John Aldag, Member of Parliament
604-575-6595
john.aldag@parl.gc.ca
✔︎ Bill C-233 (Violence Against an Intimate Partner)
Voted yea. Bill adopted.
Bill
Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)
Vote
Yea.
Rationale
We support measures to better protect victims of domestic violence. Bill C-233 will help prevent deaths and save lives. In Canada, one woman or girl is killed every 2.5 days, and in most of there horrendous crimes, at least half of the accused killers were intimate partners or former intimate partners to these women.
Passed.
Bill Status
Royal Assent received