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Federal government to table bill to protect children, address gender-based violence
The Protecting Victims Act classifies femicide as first-degree murder and expands penalties for coercive conduct and non-consensual image distribution, Justice Department calls reforms generational.
- On Dec. 9, 2025, Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice, introduced the Protecting Victims Act in Ottawa, joined by Rechie Valdez and Ruby Sahota at a news conference.
- Earlier this year the Liberal Party pledged to crack down on sexual and intimate-partner violence and to shield children from online exploitation, while the Justice Department framed the proposals as `generational reforms` to the Criminal Code.
- Under the proposal, the Criminal Code would be amended to treat murders driven by control, hate, sexual violence or exploitation as first-degree murder classification and define these killings as femicide when the victim is a woman.
- The bill aims to resolve classification disparities for murders targeting women by treating some cases as first-degree versus second-degree murder and increasing penalties for distributing intimate images.
- The Canadian Press' Jim Bronskill reported the legislation on Dec. 9, 2025, and Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice, responded to questions in the House on Nov. 7, 2025.
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Liberals Table Bill on Intimate Partner Violence, Child Exploitation
The Liberal government has tabled legislation aiming to protect victims of intimate partner and sexual violence, while expanding measures to protect children from predators. “We have an opportunity to better protect kids who are at risk of exploitation, and to address very real concerns about violence against women, including violence that could be fatal,” Justice Minister Sean Fraser said during a Dec. 9 press conference. Bill C-16, also known …
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Minister’s, parliamentary secretary’s statement on new federal gender-based violence bill
Niki Sharma, Attorney General, has released the following statement in response to the introduction of new, proposed Criminal Code amendments by the federal government to protect victims of gender-based and intimate-partner violence:
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