{"id":335065,"date":"2025-12-09T18:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/335065\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T18:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:23:36","slug":"liberals-adding-femicide-pornographic-deepfakes-to-criminal-code-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/335065\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals adding femicide, pornographic deepfakes to Criminal Code &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Jim Bronskill<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted December 9, 2025 10:02 am<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated December 9, 2025 12:18 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Federal <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/criminal-code\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">legislation introduced on Tuesday<\/a> would treat murders driven by control, hate, sexual violence or exploitation as first-degree.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765086924_279_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The proposed law, the Protecting Victims Act, would define these murders as femicide when the victim is a woman.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: '\u2018Bailey\u2019s Law\u2019 passes second reading'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/web_still_5P_KEL_BAILEYS_LAW_APPR_OM01MEH4.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:16<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Bailey\u2019s Law\u2019 passes second reading\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Currently, some murders targeting women may be classified as first-degree murder, while others may be second-degree.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The bill also would outlaw engaging in a pattern of coercive or controlling conduct against an intimate partner.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Feds table hate crime bill aimed at cracking down on hateful symbols, intimidation'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FRASER_CRIME.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3:31<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFeds table hate crime bill aimed at cracking down on hateful symbols, intimidation\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11568632\/trump-national-security-strategy-monroe-doctrine\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765304616_258_3605e913d3b32e3ef9a7a7059a3164875e160cd8694e1956d12b16c0d9616950_f57915.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat is the Monroe Doctrine, and why does Trump want to \u2018reassert\u2019 it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11568123\/katy-perry-justin-trudeau-couple-photos-instagram-official\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765304616_355_Untitled-design-51.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tJustin Trudeau and Katy Perry are now Instagram official\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is currently no specific Criminal Code offence prohibiting such conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would expand the Criminal Code section prohibiting the non-consensual distribution of intimate images to apply to non-consensual deepfakes.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Posted December 9, 2025 10:02 am Updated December 9, 2025 12:18 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