Members of Parliament are renewing calls for Canada to criminalize the concept of coercive control as a way of combating intimate partner violence.

The House committee on the status of women made 16 recommendations to the government, including that it “continue to support efforts to criminalize coercive control” in a report published Tuesday.

“Definitely we’d like to see the criminalization of coercive control,” Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, the committee’s chair, said at a news conference.

With Liberal, Conservative and Bloc Québécois members on the committee, Gladu said she believed “there is all-party support to move forward.” WATCH | What is coercive control?:

What is coercive control and why is it hard to identify and escape? September 26, 2024 | Duration 3:05 Coerciv

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