Nova Scotia: Mother's Heartbreaking Tea on Gender-Based Violence 💔😭

The Deets

Fam, listen up. A mother of four just laid it all out for a Nova Scotia committee. She talked about the constant harassment and straight-up threats she was getting from her spouse. And the worst part? She says when she tried to get help from the police and the courts, they were acting all kinds of sus.

Like, this is so messed up. She said her kids are totally traumatized. One of her daughters was too scared to even leave the house for TWO YEARS. Another kid told her to sleep with a crowbar for protection, like what?! And they were sending her texts just to make sure she was still alive. This is not okay.

Nova Scotia declared gender-based violence an epidemic back in September, but it seems like things are still rough out here. The mother said the police weren't taking her seriously and it was hard to get a no-contact order. And the deets don't lie - seven women died in Nova Scotia in the last seven months because of intimate partner violence. That's a whole crisis.

The emergency shelters are overflowing, with waiting lists longer than my TikTok feed. Advocates are saying they need long-term funding, not just temporary band-aids. Apparently, Nova Scotia has the third-highest rate of femicide in Canada. A public inquiry even recommended "epidemic-level" funding to fight intimate partner violence.

Government officials are saying they're making it a priority and have allocated some funding, but some people are saying the programs are overwhelmed and exhausted. There's still a lot of work to do, no cap. The Justice Department has set up a whole gender-based violence division and is throwing some money at domestic violence courts and programs. The spring budget even had like $100 million for this. But is it enough? What do you think, bestie?