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Minister to Lead Intimate Partner Violence Action

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

Summary

  • Requires the Minister for Women and Gender Equality to continue leading national action to prevent and address intimate partner violence (IPV).
  • Mandates annual engagement with federal and provincial ministers and regular engagement with Indigenous partners, victims and survivors, and stakeholders on program adequacy, partnerships, costs, and legal/jurisdictional implications.
  • Requires these engagements to begin within one year of Royal Assent.
  • Requires a progress report to be tabled in both Houses of Parliament every two years and posted online within 30 days.

Builder Assessment

Vote Yes

The bill advances safety and accountability by requiring coordinated national action and transparent reporting on intimate partner violence. While it introduces some process obligations, the potential to reduce duplication and improve service targeting justifies support.

  • Align by adding clear performance metrics, targets, and cost breakdowns in reports to direct resources toward frontline services.
  • Commit to a cap on administrative overhead and demonstrate year-over-year reallocation from coordination to direct supports.
  • Accelerate the engagement start date and set standardized indicators with interoperable, privacy-protective data-sharing across jurisdictions.
  • Include a requirement to identify and eliminate duplicative programs and publish cost-savings achieved.
  • Provide an independent review mechanism (e.g., Auditor General or external evaluator) to verify outcomes and value-for-money.

Question Period Cards

What measurable outcomes, timelines, and an administrative overhead cap will the Minister include so that the first biennial report shows dollars moving from meetings and reports to frontline IPV supports and results?

How will the government avoid duplicating provincial strategies and create formal data-sharing agreements that respect privacy while reducing fragmentation and wait times for victims seeking help?

Why wait up to a year to begin engagements, and will the Minister commit to an accelerated timeline with standardized national indicators and public quarterly progress dashboards?

Principles Analysis

Canada should aim to be the world's most prosperous country.

Focuses on public safety and coordination rather than direct economic growth; any prosperity gains are indirect through reduced social and health costs.

Promote economic freedom, ambition, and breaking from bureaucratic inertia (reduce red tape).

Introduces mandated engagements and biennial reporting without explicit streamlining, potentially adding administrative layers.

Drive national productivity and global competitiveness.

Improved safety could modestly support workforce stability, but the bill contains no direct productivity measures.

Grow exports of Canadian products and resources.

No trade or export provisions.

Encourage investment, innovation, and resource development.

No provisions related to investment incentives or innovation policy.

Deliver better public services at lower cost (government efficiency).

Creates regular coordination and public reporting that can surface duplication, improve targeting, and enhance accountability for outcomes and costs.

Reform taxes to incentivize work, risk-taking, and innovation.

No tax measures.

Focus on large-scale prosperity, not incrementalism.

Narrow, process-focused safety initiative; important socially but not an economic transformation.

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PartySenate
StatusAt second reading in the Senate
Last updatedN/A
TopicsSocial Issues, Criminal Justice, Indigenous Affairs
Parliament45