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Opinion: It's time to recognize gender-based violence for what it is: an epidemic

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68% Informative

On Dec. 6, 1989 , 14 people were fatally shot in a classroom at Montreal ’s École Polytechnique .

The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability estimates that between 2018 and 2023 , at least one woman or girl was killed every two days in Canada .

Statistics Canada says 48 per cent of women in B.C. over the age of 15 have experienced some form of intimate partner violence.

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73

Informative language

73

Neutral language

45

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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