COLETTE MARTIN, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE SURVIVOR, ADVOCATE, CANADA
Stabbed 37 times by her ex-boyfriend
In 1997 Martin was almost murdered by a man she'd been in a relationship with. He stabbed her 37 times.
"My ex had a previous charge," she said. "He had broken the jaw of his ex-girlfriend, and he was from Montreal, so I had no way of knowing, and I didn't know his background.
"If this law would have been in then, I would have been able to get the information I would have needed to make an informed decision about my relationship."
The legislation is based on a British statute known as Clare's Law, passed in 2014.
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Disclosure to Protect Against Intimate Partner Violence Act
The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada
60th Legislature - 2nd Session
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