Two women recently named to the province’s new Task Force to End Gender-Based Violence say they have a lot of priorities they would like to bring to the table.

The task force, which was announced on Wednesday, coincided with government declaring gender-based violence an epidemic.

Georgina McGrath, a survivor and advocate for domestic-violence prevention, and Lisa Brenton-Lake, the mother of Cortney Lake, have been named as members of the task force.

McGrath would like to see more transparency in education when it comes to intimate partner violence.

An important thing to McGrath is rules when it comes to strangulation. She wants to see more awareness in the courts and education, and she believes there is already some progress being made.

Brenton-Lake, among other things, thinks ankle bracelets should be more accessible.

Brenton-Lake says when Courtney went missing ankle bracelets were too expensive, and then reinstated two months after her daughter went missing.

“How can anyone put a dollar figure on my daughters life.” she said.