Controlling or coercive behaviour between partners is being explored as a criminal offence in Canada amid growing conversations and awareness of domestic abuse. A private member’s bill, C-332, brought ...

Decision could make it easier for people who suffer wide-ranging abuse to win cash compensation in the civil courts ...

A landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada has introduced new language to speak about — and seek legal compensation ...

OTTAWA — Federal legislation introduced Tuesday proposes new measures to address hateful and controlling behaviour toward women and shield children from online predators. The Protecting Victims Act ...

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

I’ve heard women describe years of psychological torture. Partners who controlled what they wore, who they spoke to, how they spent every penny. Men who monitored phones, isolated them from family and ...