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August 26: Domestic violence, taxes, custody, Arctic series

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Women suffer brunt of domestic violence

Re: Using a false premise, Column, Aug. 20

I was appalled to read the incredibly misleading quotes from UBC psychology professor Donald Dutton. Without citing credible facts or figures, this man would like the public to believe him when he tells them the “assumption” that family violence perpetrators are male and the victims are female “could not be more incorrect.”

Since Dutton chose to cite the Canadian Social Survey when making his declarations, let’s head over to statcan.gc.ca and peruse the published data from that very same source, shall we?

“Female victims (61 per cent) of family violence were nearly twice as likely as males (32 per cent) to have been victimized by a spouse.” From Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, 2011. That was easy!

Here’s another of Dutton’s delightful quotes. “The Canadian Social Survey found that … males were more likely to initiate less severe forms of intimate-partner violence, females more likely to initiate more severe forms.” 

There is actually a section in this report made from the General Social Survey data and posted on statcan.gc.ca with the title “Females report more serious violence than males”: “For example, in 2009, females who reported spousal violence were about three times more likely than males (34 per cent versus 10 per cent) to report that they had been sexually assaulted, beaten, choked or threatened with a gun or a knife by their partner or ex-partner in the previous five years.” From Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, 2011.

That’s straight from the Canadian Social Survey that Dutton wants us to believe said just the opposite.

Jessica Bentley, Vancouver

New tax is working

Re: Summer Slump, Aug. 25

After the introduction of the provincial tax on foreign homebuyers, house sales in Metro Vancouver have plunged, perhaps creating, in the words of real estate agents, “a serious correction”. Well, there is a public policy initiative that seems to be working! Wasn’t the whole idea of the tax to take the froth out of a market gone wild?

Don Chapman, Surrey

Children’s return unlikely

Re: A year later, B.C. mom still trying to get her kids back, Aug. 6

Concerning the four children taken to Iran from their home in Comox, a member of our family had her two infants taken to Iraq. Once these children are in a foreign country with one legal parent, they are bound by the rules of that country. This mother has unfounded expectations. It is completely unrealistic to expect Justin Trudeau to wave a magic wand and impose his will upon another nation. Our family member had to wait until the children were of legal age before they were allowed to leave Iraq.

Sharon Coates, Nanaimo

Kudos to Bramham’s Arctic stories

I commend Daphne Bramham for her detailed reporting about her trip through the Arctic. Bramham has brought this vast and rather forgotten part of Canada very close to her readers. While reading Bramham’s account of Canada’s North, one feels what it’s like to be there in person, with her as a tour guide. For most of us, taking a trip through the Arctic is not possible. Reading Bramham’s narrative along with the accompanying pictures is the next best thing. Keep sending those reports, Daphne! They are very informative, enjoyable and entertaining. Thanks, Vancouver Sun, for sending Bramham on this exciting mission.

Balwant Sanghera, Richmond


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