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The law is meant to give police legal authority to share information that advocates say could prevent cases of intimate partner violence.
Proponents of the law say the delay may cost lives, but government offers no timeline
Savannah Awde · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 30, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
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Colette Martin, a survivor of intimate partner violence, worked to persuade members of the New Brunswick Legislature to support a law. (Louis-Philippe Trozzo/Radio-Canada)
When Colette Martin’s ex-partner stabbed her 37 times, it wasn’t the first time he’d committed violence against someone he’d been in a relationship with.
But Martin, of Baie-Sainte-Anne in northeastern New Brunswick, only learned of the man’s earlier violence when she attended his trial for the violence he committed against her.
Had she known about this history, Martin said, she would have been able to make different decisions about her relationship.
Three years ago, the province passed a law to give police the legal authority to disclose a person’s history of intimate partner violence.
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