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Did you know May is Sexual Violence Awareness Month?

The Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre (CASASC) continues its support to those affected by sexual violence by promoting Sexual Violence Awareness Month.
The Government of Alberta proclaimed May as Sexual Violence Awareness month on May 1, 2018. Action is being taken provincially to challenge existing attitudes, promote a culture of consent and raise awareness about sexual violence. To start the month, the province launched a new Commitment to End Sexual Violence. Developed through extensive consultation with front line providers, advocates and survivors, the commitment brings government ministries and community organizations together to deliver a coordinated, province-wide response to address sexual violence in Alberta.
“Every Albertan deserves to live free from sexual harassment and assault,” said Premier Rachel Notley in a media release on May 1. “Sexualized violence is a crime of power and control, and governments have a duty to lead, to offer hope and healing to survivors, to make workplaces and campuses safe and to tackle the inequality at the root of this violence that most impacts women and girls.”
Throughout the month, CASASC will be hosting a variety of events and activities to build on awareness and prevention of sexual harassment and assault. Most notably, on Friday May 25, CASASC will be celebrating the first official Respect Day at City Hall Park in Red Deer. This is a free event that will feature music, dancing, information booths and a by donation barbeque.
You can also find CASASC at the season opening of the Red Deer Farmer’s Market on Saturday, May 19th, where there will be an information booth and a raffle prize. This month CASASC celebrates the second anniversary of their unique 24 Hour Sexual Assault Text and Webchat Crisis Line. This service is the first of its kind in the province where those in need can text and be connected with a trained volunteer for
immediate crisis support.
And you can join the conversation for the month by using the hashtag #SVAM for Sexual Violence Awareness Month and participate in the iRespect challenge using the hashtag #iRespect on social media.
About Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre
CASASC is a voluntary, non-profit organization serving the Central Alberta region under the direction of a community-based Board of Directors. CASASC educates, supports and empowers individuals, families and communities regarding all aspects of sexual abuse and sexual assault.
Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre
A201, 5212-48 Street
Red Deer, AB T4N 7C3
T: 403-340-1124
F: 403-340-1163
Email: [email protected]
Service for individuals affected by sexual assault offered at no cost
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Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis condemns MAiD in Parliament as targeting nation’s most vulnerable

From LifeSiteNews
‘I call upon with government to reverse its course and instead provide help and hope for Canadians suffering with mental health conditions’
Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis condemned the Trudeau government’s treatment of Canada’s most vulnerable, revealing that 36 Canadians are euthanized every day.
On November 28, Dr. Leslyn Lewis, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario, addressed Parliament on the dangers of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), the euphemistic name for Canada’s euthanasia regime.
“The poor, homeless, the abused, veterans, seniors, youth, adults suffering with disabilities, those suffering with depressions, and mental health conditions,” Lewis said. “These are among the most vulnerable in our society that are falling through the cracks of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying regime.”
The most vulnerable are falling through the cracks of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying regime.
Every day 36 Canadians die by MAiD, the HIGHEST NUMBER in the world. Canadians suffering with mental illness need help and hope, not euthanasia. This gov't must reverse course. pic.twitter.com/tT8x5PBpxq
— Dr. Leslyn Lewis (@LeslynLewis) November 28, 2023
“They are the ones who will be at risk when the MAiD laws in Canada are expanded in March 2024,” the pro-life MP added. “Last year, death by euthanasia increased by 30 percent from the year before. Every day in Canada, 36 people use MAiD to end their lives, which is the highest in the world.”
“I call upon with government to reverse its course and instead provide help and hope for Canadians suffering with mental health conditions,” Lewis appealed.
On March 9, 2024, MAiD is set to expand to include those suffering solely from mental illness. This is a result of the 2021 passage of Bill C-7, which also allowed the chronically ill – not just the terminally ill – to qualify for so-called doctor-assisted death.
The mental illness expansion was originally set to take effect in March of this year. However, after massive pushback from pro-life groups, conservative politicians and others, the Liberals under Trudeau delayed the introduction of the full effect of Bill C-7 until 2024 via Bill C-39.
The expansion comes despite warnings from top Canadian psychiatrists that the country is “not ready” for the coming expansion of euthanasia to those who are mentally ill, saying expanding the procedure is not something “society should be doing” as it could lead to deaths under a “false pretense.”
Similarly, Angelina Ireland, the head of one of Canada’s few pro-life hospice societies, recently warned that euthanasia has become a national “horror” show.
“Unfortunately, there is no reprieve in sight as think Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) becomes a national horror and the ‘professionals’ sharpen up their needles,” Ireland told LifeSiteNews.
“We have reached the point where we must all protect each other from MAiD,” she noted.
Euthanasia deaths have gone through the roof in Canada since it became legal in 2016.
According to Health Canada, in 2022, 13,241 Canadians died by MAiD lethal injection, which is 4.1 percent of all deaths in the country for that year, and a 31.2 percent increase from 2021.
The number of Canadians killed by lethal injection since 2016 now stands at 44,958.
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