Yes, I think we have a good definition of coercive control. I'm not an expert on coercive control, actually, and I would defer to those who are.
I think one of the recommendations that came out of many of the inquiries into intimate partner violence was to create a panel of experts on coercive control, and that might be something else that we could do in order to inform the steps that we are taking moving forward.
I also want to say that when it comes to proposed subsection 264.01(5) in the proposed law around the defence of “best interests”, I worry about the infantilization and what that places on the person who is bringing forward a claim of coercive control. Where could a claim of “best interests” ever be used as a defence? That would be a query that I would have.
Anyway, I'll leave it there.