An Act respecting national action for the prevention of intimate partner violence

Bill S-249 in 44-1 was a Senate Private Member's Bill respecting national action for the prevention of intimate-partner violence, the 44-1 precursor to 45-1 Bill S-242. Statistics Canada reported approximately 117,000 cases of intimate-partner violence reported to police in 2023 (the highest annual count on record). The 2024 Mass Casualty Commission's March final report (the Turner-MacDonald report into the April 2020 Portapique mass shooting, 22 victims) found multiple federal-jurisdiction gaps in IPV prevention. The bill would have created a federal IPV Commissioner, mandated federal-provincial-territorial coordination on IPV-prevention frameworks, and required annual public reporting under the Department of Justice Act. Did not pass third reading; reintroduced as S-242 of 45-1.