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Advocate set to probe Canada’s treatment of sexual assault victims

Public consultations in the spring, final report expected by the summer of 2025
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The federal advocate for victims of crime is investigating how Canada’s justice system treats sexual assault survivors. The federal coat of arms are shown in a courtroom at the Edmonton Law Courts building, in Edmonton on June 28, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

The federal advocate for victims of crime is investigating how Canada’s justice system treats sexual assault survivors.

Benjamin Roebuck, the federal ombudsperson for victims of crime, says the rights of victims are often ignored, and survivors say the system doesn’t make them feel safe.

Roebuck says the idea that survivors will have a painful experience navigating the justice system has become normalized.

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