Conservative MP Frank Caputo speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on April 27, 2026. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
The Criminal Code will soon be updated to allow for a charge of first-degree murder against the killer of an intimate partner, regardless of whether the act was premeditated.
Bill C-225, which received royal assent in Parliament today, will amend the Criminal Code to make first-degree murder applicable to killings that happen as part of a pattern of coercive or controlling conduct.
