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A member of Ontario’s Roundtable on Violence Against Women says she was shocked Premier Kathleen Wynne — who has made the issue a priority — has offered no public statements on the killings of three Eastern Ontario women last week.
“I just couldn’t really believe it that we didn’t get an immediate statement from the premier’s office,” said Pamela Cross, a Kingston-based lawyer who is a leading activist in preventing violence against women.
“I am a bit bewildered by why it hasn’t happened, because I do think (Wynne) is sincere in her desire to address violence against women.”
Three women — Nathalie Warmerdam, 48, Anastasia Kuzyk, 36, and Carol Culleton, 66 — were killed in their separate rural homes near Wilno on Sept. 29. Basil Borutski, who has a long history of violence against former partners and had had relationships with all of the women, was arrested after a five-hour manhunt, and is charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
Tracy MacCharles, the minister responsible for women’s issues, expressed condolences in the Ontario legislature before a minute of silence. Aside from that, there have been no statements from the premier or ministers on the events that have left the area reeling.
The Citizen contacted Public Safety Minister Yasir Naqvi’s office as well as the premier’s office and others and was told government officials could not comment aside from sending condolences.
“As I’m sure you can understand, the premier can’t comment on a case that’s before the courts,” said Wynne’s press secretary Jennifer Beaudry.
Cross, who is a lawyer, said she believes there is no reason the premier could not have made a statement that didn’t interfere with the investigation. And she thinks Wynne should have.
“This is an extraordinary tragedy and government officials comment frequently on tragedies in the province of Ontario,” said Cross.
“This government has made a commitment to take seriously and address issues of violence against women and it seems to me (there should have been) an immediate statement about the horror of what happened, even if no promises were made about something that is going to happen, but an acknowledgement that the government was stunned by what happened.”
The roundtable of which Cross is a member was announced by Wynne on International Women’s Day last March as part of a $41-million campaign to end sexual violence against women.
On Monday, the day before the killings, the roundtable heard from JoAnne Brooks, director of the Women’s Sexual Assault Centre of Renfrew County and co-chair of the local committee to end violence against women, about the challenges rural communities face protecting women from violence.
On Monday, at the annual Take Back the Night Walk in Pembroke, hundreds of people marched to raise awareness about violence against women. The event had originally been scheduled for the day of the killings, but was rescheduled.
Borutski, who was on probation at the time of his arrest, appears in court against on Oct. 5. He has been forbidden from communicating with more than 10 people.
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“I just couldn’t really believe it that we didn’t get an immediate statement from the premier’s office,” said Pamela Cross, a Kingston-based lawyer who is a leading activist in preventing violence against women.
“I am a bit bewildered by why it hasn’t happened, because I do think (Wynne) is sincere in her desire to address violence against women.”
Three women — Nathalie Warmerdam, 48, Anastasia Kuzyk, 36, and Carol Culleton, 66 — were killed in their separate rural homes near Wilno on Sept. 29. Basil Borutski, who has a long history of violence against former partners and had had relationships with all of the women, was arrested after a five-hour manhunt, and is charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
Tracy MacCharles, the minister responsible for women’s issues, expressed condolences in the Ontario legislature before a minute of silence. Aside from that, there have been no statements from the premier or ministers on the events that have left the area reeling.
The Citizen contacted Public Safety Minister Yasir Naqvi’s office as well as the premier’s office and others and was told government officials could not comment aside from sending condolences.
“As I’m sure you can understand, the premier can’t comment on a case that’s before the courts,” said Wynne’s press secretary Jennifer Beaudry.
Cross, who is a lawyer, said she believes there is no reason the premier could not have made a statement that didn’t interfere with the investigation. And she thinks Wynne should have.
“This is an extraordinary tragedy and government officials comment frequently on tragedies in the province of Ontario,” said Cross.
“This government has made a commitment to take seriously and address issues of violence against women and it seems to me (there should have been) an immediate statement about the horror of what happened, even if no promises were made about something that is going to happen, but an acknowledgement that the government was stunned by what happened.”
The roundtable of which Cross is a member was announced by Wynne on International Women’s Day last March as part of a $41-million campaign to end sexual violence against women.
On Monday, the day before the killings, the roundtable heard from JoAnne Brooks, director of the Women’s Sexual Assault Centre of Renfrew County and co-chair of the local committee to end violence against women, about the challenges rural communities face protecting women from violence.
On Monday, at the annual Take Back the Night Walk in Pembroke, hundreds of people marched to raise awareness about violence against women. The event had originally been scheduled for the day of the killings, but was rescheduled.
Borutski, who was on probation at the time of his arrest, appears in court against on Oct. 5. He has been forbidden from communicating with more than 10 people.
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