An Act to amend the Criminal Code

Sponsor

Frank Caputo  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of April 28, 2026

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code in order to:
(a) create a new specific offence of murder in the first degree if the murder is committed against an intimate partner in the context of a pattern of coercive or controlling conduct;
(b) provide that, if an offender commits manslaughter against their intimate partner while engaging in, or after having engaged in, a pattern of coercive or controlling conduct, the court must consider whether to impose a sentence of imprisonment for life on the offender and, if that sentence is imposed, an adult offender is ineligible for parole for 10 to 25 years;
(c) create new offences in respect of included offences in which violence is used, threatened or attempted against an intimate partner; and
(d) increase the detention period of things seized under section 490 of the Act from three months to 180 days.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-225s:

C-225 (2022) An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (pension plans and group insurance plans)
C-225 (2020) An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act, the Fishing and Recreational Harbours Act and other Acts (application of provincial law)
C-225 (2020) An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act, the Fishing and Recreational Harbours Act and other Acts (application of provincial law)
C-225 (2016) Protection of Pregnant Women and Their Preborn Children Act (Cassie and Molly's Law)

Votes

Dec. 3, 2025 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-225, An Act to amend the Criminal Code

Status of Women Committee, on Feb. 12, 2026

Status of Women Committee, on Feb. 24, 2026

  • Nadeau, Managing Director, À cœur d’homme – Réseau d’aide aux hommes pour une société sans violence
  • Sauvé, President, National Police Federation
  • Yaseen, Project Lawyer, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  • Anderson-Pyrz, President, National Family and Survivors Circle Inc.
  • Riendeau, Co-Lead, Political Affairs, Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale
  • Barrette, Lawyer and Project Manager, Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale

Status of Women Committee, on March 10, 2026

  • Levman, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice