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‘Uphill battle’: Criminal Code must include definition for femicide, advocates say | Globalnews.ca

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Advocates say a firm definition of the term must be embedded in the Criminal Code .

Prime Minister Mark Carney proposed cracking down on intimate partner violence in this year 's election campaign.

Ottawa police, who have been using the term since August 2024 , said last week they were investigating the death of a 54-year-old woman as a femicide.

Toronto Police Service doesn't use the term femicide because it has no bearing on which charges police lay in homicides.

The force does, however, lay terrorism charges in homicides where misogyny is a motivating factor.

Statistics Canada already tracks homicides reported by police each year , and the genders of the accused perpetrators and victims.

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