UCP and NDP put forward plans to protect women, victims of crime
EDMONTON – Alberta’s United Conservative Party says that it will expand its funding of women’s shelters and sexual assault counselling centres in the province.
“The number one job of the government is to protect citizens and ensure the safety of families and communities,” said UCP candidate Jeremy Nixon in a news release. “By increasing provincial support to these essential frontline services, our party will help ensure the victims of crime have the supports they need to heal.”
Having passed legislation in the past that prevented sexual and dangerous offenders from changing their name, the UCP aims to introduce more legislation that will take a hardline stance on crime. The current government also introduced Clare’s Law which enabled those at risk of domestic abuse to ask and receive criminal records of their partners.
If re-elected, the party says it will consider having offenders wear electronic ankle bracelets to track movement while on bail. Funding for ALERT’s Internet and Child Exploitation will be increased and lastly, a $20-million investment over four years to increase funding for women’s shelters and sexual assault centres.