Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2026-05-27 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Dominique O'Rourke (Guelph, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Dominique O'Rourke (Guelph, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9360094\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month in Ontario. Every day, news stories show how widespread and devastating intimate partner and sexual violence is across Canada. These are not isolated incidents. They are not private matters. They are part of a systemic crisis with real human and social costs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360095\" data-originallang=\"en\">In Canada, a recent report shows that sexual violence costs nearly $15 billion every year in lost wages, counselling, investigation, courts and more. About one in three police-reported violent incidents involves IPV, and we know that this is the tip of the iceberg.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360096\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13813664\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-16/\" title=\"An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to criminal and correctional matters (child protection, gender-based violence, delays and other measures)\">C-16</a> would expand protections, increase access and help address systemic vulnerability, but cops, courts and counselling are all after the fact. Prevention must be the goal, through education, early intervention and addressing root causes, including gender inequality, racism and discrimination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360097\" data-originallang=\"en\">I thank Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis, support teams at the University of Guelph and Guelph General Hospital, Victim Services Guelph, Guelph Police Service, and groups like them across Canada. Ending sexual violence is not just their work. It must be all of ours and it must be done every day.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9360094\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, mai est le Mois de la pr\u00e9vention de la violence sexuelle en Ontario. Chaque jour, des reportages montrent \u00e0 quel point la violence entre partenaires intimes et la violence sexuelle sont r\u00e9pandues et ont des cons\u00e9quences d\u00e9vastatrices partout au Canada. Il ne s'agit ni d'incidents isol\u00e9s ni de questions d'ordre priv\u00e9. Ces types de violence font partie d'une crise syst\u00e9mique qui a des co\u00fbts humains et sociaux r\u00e9els.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360095\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un rapport r\u00e9cent montre que, au Canada, la violence sexuelle co\u00fbte pr\u00e8s de 15 milliards de dollars chaque ann\u00e9e en salaires perdus, en services de counseling, en enqu\u00eates, en proc\u00e9dures judiciaires et plus encore. Environ un incident violent sur trois d\u00e9clar\u00e9 par la police met en cause la violence entre partenaires intimes, et nous savons que ce n'est que la pointe de l'iceberg.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360096\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13813664\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-16/\" title=\"An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to criminal and correctional matters (child protection, gender-based violence, delays and other measures)\">C\u201116</a> \u00e9largirait les protections, am\u00e9liorerait l'acc\u00e8s et contribuerait \u00e0 rem\u00e9dier \u00e0 la vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 syst\u00e9mique, mais les policiers, les tribunaux et les services de counseling interviennent tous apr\u00e8s coup. La pr\u00e9vention doit \u00eatre l'objectif, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'\u00e9ducation, \u00e0 l'intervention pr\u00e9coce et \u00e0 la lutte contre les causes profondes du probl\u00e8me, notamment l'in\u00e9galit\u00e9 entre les hommes et les femmes, le racisme et la discrimination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9360097\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je remercie l'organisme Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis, les \u00e9quipes de soutien de l'Universit\u00e9 de Guelph, l'H\u00f4pital g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Guelph, Services aux victimes Guelph, le service de police de Guelph et les autres groupes oeuvrant dans ce domaine partout au Canada. Il ne leur revient pas \u00e0 eux seuls de mettre fin \u00e0 la violence sexuelle. C'est une responsabilit\u00e9 qui incombe \u00e0 tout le monde, chaque jour.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2026/5/27/dominique-orourke-1/",
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    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4741/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13525123",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements by Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Sexual Violence Prevention Month",
        "fr": "Le Mois de la pr\u00e9vention de la violence sexuelle"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2026/5/27/",
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