Addressing an epidemic: Bailey’s Law on intimate partner violence becomes official

After months of lobbying and lawmaking, Canada’s Criminal Code will soon be amended.
On Wednesday, June 17, Bill C-225 received Royal Assent, just one day after passing its third reading in the Senate.
Bill C-225, sponsored by Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola MP Frank Caputo, is also known as “Bailey’s Law,” named after McCourt, who died on July 4, 2025, following a violent daytime attack in a Kelowna parking lot.
Her estranged ex-husband, James Plover, is facing first-degree mur