Statement from a Coalition of GBV Organizations
The announcement of $607.4 million in July 2026 to continue the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence (NAP) has been a cause for celebration. The gender-based violence (GBV) sector has been advocating for the continuation of both the funding and the plan over recent years, and we are excited to not only see this announcement, but also the increase in funding from the first phase of implementation of the plan. This speaks to both the federal government's commitment to addressing GBV and the power of collective advocacy.
The NAP, announced in November 2022 after more than a decade of advocacy by GBV organizations and experts from across the country, fulfilled an international commitment to have a national plan to address GBV. Emerging from sustained advocacy and expertise from survivors, frontline organizations, Indigenous leaders and GBV advocates, the promise of this plan was to ensure that every survivor in Canada had the necessary support and services to fully heal from the trauma of GBV. The current outline was negotiated and launched by federal, provincial and territorial governments. Implementation and funding allocation in its first phase have raised the profile of GBV in Canada. Discussions and awareness of GBV have increased, particularly in the media. The NAP also activated new funding streams, enabling ongoing support and the emergence of several new initiatives.
We continue to be hopeful and reassured by the announcement of renewed investments in the NAP, building on the successes of the first implementation phase. During this phase, both the federal government and the provinces and territories invested in recognizing and addressing femicide, technology-facilitated GBV, financial abuse, traumatic brain injury, and coercive control. Given the work left to do, and the rise in femicide rates, increased wait lists for services, overcapacity at shelters and perpetrators’ misuse of new technology, there is an opportunity to further address GBV in the ways we outline below…
Read more at: On-the-NAP-2026.pdf