A bill designed to create a standard of criminal negligence around willful extreme intoxication has passed Parliament with little debate or scrutiny from either the House of Commons or the Senate, as each rushed to pass it before the summer recess.
Kerri Froc, a law professor at the University of New Brunswick and chair of the National Association of Women and the Law's National Steering Committee, is disappointed that the federal government engaged in minimal consultation on the bill.
"There's a certain irony to the government indicating that the extreme intoxication defence is very rare, but Parliament can spare no time to properly consult women's organizations, listen to their concerns, and ensure that the bill is a workable solution and Charter compliant," Froc says. "The amended 33.1 will likely not be effective, and will be mere window dressing rather than actually holding men accountable for their intoxicated violence against women."
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