British Columbia’s attorney general has announced further provincial measures aimed at combating intimate partner violence, while calling newly tabled federal legislation “a step toward justice.”

Nikki Sharma said Tuesday the province will be establishing a comprehensive provincial framework to provide guidance to all those within the justice system to help better respond to intimate partner violence. 

B.C. will also be creating an “internal government accountability mechanism to monitor the implementation” of reforms she said. 

The changes come after the release of a systemic review in June of the province’s treatment of victims, survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in the legal system.