I'll start by saying that I think it's a great thing that coercive control is finally being recognized, named and associated with intimate partner violence. As some of you may know, CNPEA is part of a group of organizations called the Elder Justice Coalition, which has been speaking and engaging with MPs and senators, including during a day on the Hill in early February, to talk about Bill C-16 and to put forward that we believe an amendment to the bill would be best in order to recognize the realities of older victims of coercive control.
As you said, for older people, very often coercive control will take place at the hands of someone who is not necessarily an intimate partner. If that's not recognized in the language of the bill, then we risk leaving a lot of victims of coercive control unprotected by the bill.