“Madam Speaker, the hon. Minister of Justice will know that I have never seen a debate closure motion that I liked. I think time allocation is overused. I support Bill C‑16, although I regret that my amendments to extend coercive control to protect seniors from elder abuse were not accepted in this round. Perhaps I can use this opportunity to ask him, since the bill now contains a periodic review, if the justice department would not see fit to bring in a bill against elder abuse, specifically dealing with the coercive control of seniors by those who are close to them or make the pretense of being close to them.”
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Madam Speaker, Claims · 21 wordsfirst, on the closure issue, I have made the case that there was ample study.There was filibustering at the committee.1Reasoning · 13 wordsWe have an opportunity to take action today, and I believe we should.Procedure · 22 wordsOn the substance of her question, it is an area where I am genuinely interested in identifying the best policy path forward.ProcedureReasoning · 55 wordsHowever, I did not think it appropriate to copy and paste protections that were developed very specifically for the purpose of combatting intimate partner and gender-based violence when it came to coercive control.It may not be that the exact same test can be replicated to deal with the very serious issue of elder abuse.Claims · 15 wordsI do think the five-year review period included in the bill would provide that opportunity.2Reasoning · 28 wordsHowever, should parliamentarians desire to take action sooner, I do believe a parliamentary committee study would shed light on the best way to address that very serious issue, Claims · 10 wordsbecause elder abuse certainly is a problem in this country.Reasoning · 24 wordsI just do not know that the identical solution for gender-based violence could be applied equally to those circumstances without doing the policy work.
