By Jim Bronskill
The Canadian Press
Posted December 9, 2025 10:02 am
Updated December 9, 2025 12:18 pm
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Federal legislation introduced on Tuesday would treat murders driven by control, hate, sexual violence or exploitation as first-degree.
The proposed law, the Protecting Victims Act, would define these murders as femicide when the victim is a woman.
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Currently, some murders targeting women may be classified as first-degree murder, while others may be second-degree.
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The bill also would outlaw engaging in a pattern of coercive or controlling conduct against an intimate partner.
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There is currently no specific Criminal Code offence prohibiting such conduct.
The bill would expand the Criminal Code section prohibiting the non-consensual distribution of intimate images to apply to non-consensual deepfakes.
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