Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has thrown his support behind a grief-stricken family’s push for stronger judicial changes to protect victims of intimate partner violence.

“Bailey’s story is really one of tragic heartbreak,” Poilievre said at a news conference on Parliament Hill Tuesday morning.

Bailey McCourt, a mother of two young children, was killed in Kelowna , B.C., in July.

Her ex-husband, James Plover, is facing charges of second-degree murder.

Plover was convicted of a domestic violence charge hours before the deadly incident but was released pending sentencing.

The opposition leader was joined by Bailey’s stepmom, Trish McCourt, and aunt and family spokesperson, Debbie Henderson.

“We don’t want to see any other family member go through the horror that our family has

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