27/03/2021

Government faces criticism its budget shortchanges Quebec women’s shelters

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Seven women have been murdered since the beginning of the year. Women trying to flee violent situations too often have nowhere to turn, say community groups and opposition parties. Shelters are full.

“In Canada, it’s one woman who dies every two days,” said Manon Monastesse, the director-general of Quebec’s federation of women’s shelters.