The government says it recognizes femicide, but is it stalling on preventing it?
The federal government should respect democratically adopted legislation and immediately commit to adopting regulations that define protection orders as any protection order, as required by the Firearms Act.
Canada is witnessing a growing crisis of femicide. Men are killing women at alarming rates, often after escalating patterns of coercive control, threats, and violence against a current or former partner. In many cases, firearms are the weapons that turn abuse into homicide.
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