“Even in the midst of a pandemic, we are still facing a crisis when it comes to gun violence,” said Coun. Josh Matlow, who has pushed for the city to fund programs that address the roots of youth violence. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...At a 2018 federal summit on gun and gang violence, more than 180 stakeholders convened to address the issue, yet another in a series of inquiries into a well-studied problem. In Ontario in 2008, Roy McMurty and Alvin Curling released the report Roots of Youth Violence, commissioned by the province after Toronto experienced a spike in gun violence in 2005. Ontario, they wrote, was “incubating an increase in youth violence, and in more serious violence.

Source: thestar November 12, 2020 22:44 UTC