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.

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.

Similar bills

C-202 (current session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)

C-247 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-332s:

C-332 (2016) United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Reporting Act

C-332 (2013) An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Western Arctic

C-332 (2011) An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Western Arctic

C-332 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (review of parole ineligibility) and to amend other Acts in consequence

C-332 (2009) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (review of parole ineligibility) and to amend other Acts in consequence

C-332 (2007) An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act (annual financial statements)

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)

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

May 18th, 2023 / 10 a.m.

NDP

Laurel Collins NDP Victoria, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-332, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct).

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to introduce my private member's bill, which, if passed, would make coercive and controlling behaviour a criminal offence. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own home, and this bill would provide more legal protections for individuals in harmful and dangerous situations.

I want to thank my colleague and friend, the hon. member for Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, for his leadership on this issue and his hard work in the justice committee, which led to the publication of two reports recommending that we make coercive and controlling behaviour in intimate partner relationships a criminal offence.

I also want to thank Sagesse, an organization that seeks to support those in abusive relationships. It has provided invaluable advice in developing a framework that will help protect individuals faced with domestic abuse.

Coercive control is one of the common early signs before domestic homicide, even when no physical violence has occurred. Countless stories of femicide show aggressors with histories of coercive, controlling behaviour that have gone unnoticed as warning signs or red flags. Criminalizing coercive and controlling behaviour will save lives and send a clear message that abusive behaviour is unacceptable and will not be ignored.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)