Bill C-332

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercive control of intimate partner)

Sponsor

Laurel Collins  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

In committee (Senate), as of Dec. 5, 2024

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Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create an offence of exercising coercive control of an intimate partner by engaging in a pattern of conduct that consists of any combination, or any repeated instances, of any of the following acts: using, attempting to use or threatening to use violence against certain persons, coercing or attempting to coerce the intimate partner to engage in sexual activity or engaging in other conduct that could reasonably be expected to cause the intimate partner to believe that their safety, or the safety of a person known to them, is threatened.
It also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

June 12, 2024 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-332, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercive control of intimate partner)

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Feb. 15, 2024

  • Carmen Gill, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, As an Individual
  • Andrea Silverstone, Chief Executive Officer, Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Feb. 26, 2024

  • Pamela Cross, Advocacy Director, Luke's Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children
  • Louise Riendeau, Co-responsible, Political Affairs, Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale
  • Karine Barrette, Lawyer and Project Manager, Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale
  • Jennifer Koshan, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, As an Individual
  • Emilie Coyle, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
  • Barbara Cartwright, Chief Executive Officer, Humane Canada
  • Shannon Ritchie, Founder and Clinical Director, Currents Counselling

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Feb. 29, 2024

  • Deepa Mattoo, Executive Director, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
  • Roxana Parsa, Staff Lawyer, Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
  • Benjamin Roebuck, Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime, Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime
  • Melanie Omeniho, President, Women of the Métis Nation - Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on March 18, 2024