Melanie's Law: New Crackdown on Rape Videos

0:00A W-5 investigation blew the lid off a network of guys secretly drugging and assaulting their partners, then filming and selling the videos. That exposed a spark conservative MP Burton Bailey to introduce Melanie's law, a private member's bill named after one victim from the dock. Its bill C-275, aiming to overhaul the criminal code by treating rate videos more like child porn. The bill creates a new category called sexual assault material, making it a crime to create share, access, or even possess those videos. Penalties jump to up to 14 years in prison and finds up to $100,000. Right now, laws on voyeurism or intimate images top out at just five years, which advocates say doesn't cut it for these horrors. Bailey got fired up after the documentary, telling Parliament he wants justice for Melanie and others. She described waking up to footage of herself looking lifeless after being drugged. Pictures like in violence everywhere, push for this too, stressing safety as a basic right.

1:04The probe led to real takedowns, including arrests in Switzerland and Hamilton, Ontario. There, Brian Hayward faces over 60 charges tied to more than a dozen women, though nothing's proven in court yet. With cross-party buzz building, Bailey's optimistic this nonpartisan push becomes law, closing the gap on these predators for good. Global news, powered by AI. This is Canada News Today.