WINNIPEG — Manitoba says it's beefing up its restraining orders to be the toughest in Canada.
Attorney General Gord Mackintosh expects to introduce legislation today which he says will give domestic violence victims the strongest protection in the country.
The governing NDP says the bill would make it easier for people to get protection orders.
Mackintosh says that right now more than half the applications for protection orders are denied.
The government says the bill will include a ban on possessing firearms for those subject to a protection order and expansion of GPS monitoring.
The move comes after the killing of two women — one who was denied a protection order against her former boyfriend five months before he was charged in her death.
