Bill C-16
Bill C-16 is a proposed federal legislation in Canada aimed at toughening the Criminal Code to better address and reduce gender-based violence, particularly against women. The bill includes measures such as longer sentences for intimate partner crimes, new offences related to domestic abuse, and the classification of femicide as a serious crime. It seeks to create clearer definitions of offences and introduce penalties for coercive control and the distribution of non-consensual intimate images.
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Bill C-16 is Ottawa’s legislation that seeks to toughen gender-based violence laws.
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