The ACT party wants to criminalise coercive control using pets, but one expert questions why only this type of abuse is being singled out for attention ...
Twenty years ago, while fighting to survive a relationship marred by domestic violence, 19-year-old Eloise* made a mistake ...
Bill C-16 passed in the Senate on Thursday afternoon by a vote of 64-14. If made law, it would criminalize coercive control.
MANITOULIN—For decades, Canada’s criminal law has been built like a house with only one kind of window: the kind that lets in visible light. What could be seen, bruised, photographed ...
Brenda Ottenbreit has felt the harm caused by coercive control. It's why she's fought so hard to see it criminalized. Now, she's "cautiously optimistic" about changes coming to the Criminal Code, even ...
Manny Rutinel helped pass the Kelly Loving Act, which deems deadnaming and misgendering as coercive control in child custody ...
Even today, Paris Shears finds it difficult to explain some of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-partner, Robert ...
On June 22, 2026, Governor Hobbs signed HB2995, the “Alec and Lydia Act,” into law. Because the legislation carries an emergency clause, the ...
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Bill C-16, the Protecting Victims Act, passed third reading in the House of Commons in June 2026 and is now proceeding through Senate review. Among its most significant reforms is the proposed ...
Bill C-16 — or the Protecting Victims Act — received Royal Assent on June 18, 2026. It’s aimed at better protecting victims ...
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