Bill Detail
An Act to amend the Criminal Code ✓ Became Law
This enactment amends the Criminal Code in order to:
create specific offences in respect of intimate partner violence and to prohibit a peace officer from releasing a person arrested for an intimate partner offence if the person has committed an intimate partner offence in the preceding five years or is at large on a release order in respect of an intimate partner offence;
allow a court to order that an accused charged with an offence involving intimate partner violence be taken into custody for a risk-of-reoffending assessment at any stage of proceedings; and
increase the detention period of things seized under section 490 of the Act from three months to one year and to provide for circumstances in which notices to the person from whom the thing was seized may be dispensed with.
Bill C-225 introduces significant changes to the Criminal Code aimed at addressing violence against intimate partners. It creates a new category of first-degree murder specifically for cases where a person kills their intimate partner as part of a pattern of coercive or controlling behaviour. This aims to ensure that such acts are treated with the utmost seriousness, reflecting the harmful dynamics often involved.
Legislative Timeline
Votes
Yes / No Ratio
How each party voted
| Party | Position | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloc | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Conservative | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Green | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Liberal | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| NDP | Yes | 100% | 0% |