A private member’s bill aiming to crack down on violence against pregnant women was defeated on second reading 205 to 113 in the House of Commons on June 14, with only Conservatives voting to support Bill C-311.
The bill, introduced by Saskatchewan Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall in January, proposed changing the Criminal Code to state that “knowingly assaulting a pregnant woman and that causing physical or emotional harm to a pregnant woman are to be considered aggravating circumstances for sentencing purposes.”
“Conservatives are addressing the real threat of violence against women in Canada who have been left behind after 8 years of Trudeau’s soft-on-crime policies,” Wagantall said at the time….