OTTAWA — The Conservatives have introduced a private members’ bill in the House of Commons that would make the murder of an intimate partner a first-degree crime.

Conservative public safety critic Frank Caputo says the bill would treat such crimes the way the Criminal Code currently treats the murder of a peace officer.

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Caputo told a press conference on Parliament Hill today the bill would create a new offence of assaulting an intimate partner.

He says the bill would also create a mechanism for judges to order a risk assessment of an individual charged with

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