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Broken - By Stephanie Larocque

Stop the Criminalization of Victims

Too many people in Canada are being punished not for crimes — but for surviving.

This petition is about what no one says out loud:
how easy it is for the justice system to destroy an ordinary person’s life,
and how impossible it is to get help when you’re the one the system has decided not to believe.

Across Canada, victims of abuse — especially women, disabled people, and the vulnerable — are being criminalized for trying to protect themselves, for asking for help, and sometimes for doing absolutely nothing at all.

And when that happens, there is nowhere to turn.

Legal Aid lawyers won’t touch complicated cases involving police misconduct, institutional failure, or abusive ex-partners weaponizing the courts.
They’re overworked, underpaid, and afraid to take on the Crown. Many are pushed to make people plead guilty just to “clear the file.”

Meanwhile, abusers and manipulators walk free — while victims lose their homes, their health, their reputations, their families, and sometimes their lives.

This isn’t a rare story.
It’s a pattern.
And it’s happening every day in plain sight.

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I am one of those people.

I was criminalized after years of documented abuse that I reported — abuse ignored by the Ottawa Police Service.
My abuser made false reports with no evidence, and police acted on them without question.
The institutional failures that followed have been devastating.

A peace bond I was coerced into signing has now been twisted into charges that should never have existed.

I am disabled and live with late-stage COPD.
Instead of receiving protection, I was treated as disposable — labeled unstable — despite having no criminal record, no history of mental health issues, and no record of abusive behavior.

Despite those facts, police told me it was “too expensive” to investigate. They never have.
They simply accepted my abuser’s version of events without ever speaking to me or hearing my side.

Why? Because they know I have a mountain of evidence — and they know that if they did the right thing, they would have to admit to years of institutional failure.

Instead of being helped, I was blamed.
Instead of being heard, I was silenced.

But this isn’t just about me.
It’s about every person who has ever been ignored, dismissed, or punished for standing up to abuse.

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What I’m asking for
 • A full, independent review of Ottawa Police Service and Crown conduct.
Not internal. Not political. Independent and transparent.
 • Withdrawal of all charges arising from this unlawful peace bond.
 • Public acknowledgment of the failures that occurred.
 • Protections and reforms for disabled and vulnerable victims who face institutional abuse, gatekeeping, and wrongful criminalization.

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Victims should not end up treated like criminals.
Survivors should not have to beg for help.
And no one — no one — should lose their freedom, their children, or their dignity because the system refused to listen.

If you believe the justice system should protect victims, not prosecute them — please add your name.

song I wrote . It’s for every survivor

https://youtu.be/2PrHRV4kBQk?si=Ul0dOMpuesWwPVYv

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