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      A new committee is advocating for urgent changes to the legal system, to better prevent intimate partner violence | CBC.ca Loaded
      St John's Morning Show18:08A new committee is advocating for urgent changes to the legal system, to better prevent intimate partner violence

      A new committee is advocating for urgent changes to the legal system, to better prevent intimate partner violence

      • 1 year ago
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      • Duration 18:08

      A new committee is pushing for changes to the legal system to help prevent intimate partner violence. Olivia Lynch is the executive director of Violence Prevention Avalon East. Angie Brenton is a Family Services Counsellor at Iris Kirby House. They told us all about the new committee pushing for reform. We then spoke with Justice Minister John Hogan, who talked about what the province is doing to address this issue.

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