A federal funding stream, keeping afloat a Canadian network of organizations that provides legal support to victims of gender-based violence, is set to dry up early next spring — and the organizers say the government has so far ignored their calls for help.

In July, the network of 23 local organizations penned a letter to the Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General Sean Fraser, and Minister of Women and Gender Equality Rechie Valdez, urging that, as the end of a five-year funding cycle approaches, the government commit to more.

“We deliver Independent Legal Advice (ILA) and Independent Legal Representation (ILR) to survivors of sexual violence and intimate partner violence. These programs are national in scope but locally grounded, providing essential, trauma-informed legal supp

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