The invitation was issued by Lyle Stewart, a Saskatchewan Party MLA and legislative secretary to the premier responsible for provincial economic autonomy. Longtime abuserThatcher’s final act of violence was, according to Wilson’s earlier statement, the culmination of abuses that experts — those who have lived and/or studied intimate partner violence — recognize as a classic escalation. The Saskatchewan government should be just as concerned with the safety of domestic violence survivors as it currently is with asserting provincial autonomy. Domestic violence survivors also require autonomy so they are not subject to violence in their own homes. Family law courts do not take domestic violence into adequate account when determining custody of children.

Source: CBC News November 03, 2022 20:09 UTC