BY LISA HA
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IS COMMITTED TO ENDING
THE EPIDEMIC OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN ALL ITS FORMS. In the fall of 2023, the Minister of Justice expressed an openness
to criminalize coercive control in a letter to Ontario’s chief coroner
(In response to the coroner’s inquest into the 2015 femicides in Wilno, Ontario). Footnote (48) In November 2023, the government had expressed
support for an NDP private member’s Bill C-332, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct),
which is currently at second reading in the House of Commons. Cross, Pamela. 2017.
“Why are women sometimes charged with assaulting their partner
When they are just trying to protect themselves or their kids?”; https://lukesplace.ca/ why-are-women-sometimes-charged-with-assaulting-their-partner-
When-they-are-just-trying-to-protect them-selves-or-their-kids. An additional recommendation out of last summer's inquest was for
the federal government to work to find alternative ways
for domestic violence complainants to testify in court.
Observatory for Justice and Accountability; Another called on Ottawa to explore adding the term "femicide"
to the Criminal Code. "I note that, while there is no single agreed-
upon definition of 'femicide' in the national or international context, The term is widely understood to refer to the killing of women,
primarily by men, because of their gender," Virani wrote in his letter.
"I agree with the United Nations and the Canadian Femicide
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