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Social Media Notice

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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June 2025

May 2025

Federal Ombudsman for Victims Of Crime

Title / URL	Issues
Victim Impact Statementwww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/serv/vis-dv.html	1
Newsletterswww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/media/index.html	1
Resource Centrewww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/res/index.html	1
Start the complaint processwww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/mac-fup/stp.html	1
Policy for Refusing to Review, or Terminating a Review Before Completion, where Complaint is Inappropriate, Frivolous or Vexatiouswww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/abt-apd/pa-pa.html	1
Accessing the registry of decisionswww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/serv/ard-crd.html	1
Make a complaintwww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/mac-fup/index.html	1
Welcome to the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crimewww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/index.html	1
Victims rights in Canadawww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/serv/vrc-dvc.html	1
Social Media Noticewww.victimsfirst.gc.ca/res/annex17.html	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Federal Ombudsman for Victims Of Crime

Where this issue has occurred