Bill C-16 ‘progress,’ but needs tougher language to codify femicide as a standalone crime, advocates say
Canada is a leader among peer nations including the United States, Australian, New Zealand and the United Kingdom in being the first to introduce femicide into criminal legislation, but advocates for women say the law won’t act as a deterrent.
A researcher and academic who has studied violence against women for decades says Ottawa’s bill introducing femicide into the Criminal Code could have gone further to address endemic levels of gender-based violence.
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