More than 1,100 Canadian women and girls have been killed by men since 2018. So why is the federal government dragging its heels in adding femicide to the Criminal Code?
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Terrorism designations carry sweeping powers, with little oversight and lasting consequences. Extending those powers to organized crime risks normalizing a process that operates in the shadows.
A B.C. judge’s injunction blocking a MAiD case has been denounced by supporters of broad access to medical assistance in dying. But judicial oversight over MAiD practice is essential.
More than a dozen women’s organizations pleaded with the federal government to slow down and treat their concerns seriously about Bill C-28. It didn’t listen.
A recent jury examining murders of women urged the federal government to add the term femicide and its definition to the Criminal Code.
The Trudeau government took the first step to federally ban conversion therapy — a practice intended to change sexual orientation.
Since an infant was found in a recycling bin last fall in Saskatoon, advocates have renewed their campaign for baby hatches, places mothers can leave newborns safely and anonymously.
Until Canadians challenge the normalization of violence against children, we will continue to support, or at least tacitly condone, something that by all accounts is harmful.
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