Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 52).

"strengthening our response to intimate partner violence" (Canada tables legislation to modernize the criminal justice system and reduce court delays)

"Lawyers and academics are lauding new federal legislation on domestic abuse that they say will strengthen the courts’ definition and treatment of intimate partner violence.

These changes − including broader parameters around domestic violence, a higher threshold for bail and increased sentences for repeat offenders − come as part of Bill C-75, unveiled in Parliament last week with the overarching goal of speeding up Canada’s chronically backlogged courts." (The Globe and Mail, April 1, 2018)

C-75 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (First Reading in the Senate)