Victim compensation program asks for $9M to stabilize funds

No New Funding: BC Budget Leaves Victim Support Services Struggling To Address Intimate Partner Violence

British Columbia’s recently released 2025 budget overlooks survivors and victims of violence, leaving support services to tackle increasing threats to women’s safety with no new funding, says an advocacy group focused on violence against women.  While BC’s 2025 budget boasts “new investments to keep people safe and communities strong,” Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of Battered Women’s Support Services, says she was disappointed the…

Victim compensation program asks for $9M to stabilize funds

(The Center Square) - Victims’ services providers daily see the toll that violent crime takes on the survivors who walk through their doors.

The Executive Committee on Victim Care (CEAV) published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF) the updating of the Guidelines for the Provision of Resources for Assistance, Assistance and Comprehensive Reparation to Persons in the Victim Situation. The aim is to facilitate and accelerate access to these measures for victims of federal crimes and/or violations of human rights to ensure that they can meet immediate needs related to the vi…