“Mr. Speaker, what a heartfelt speech from my colleague. I am so glad I was here to hear it. I have mentioned in the House before that I worked as a family law lawyer. I worked in the violence against women sector, and I worked with women who were fleeing violence at home. Oftentimes, more than once, I would have a woman in my office who would just stop and say, “Gosh, I really do not know how I got here. This is not how I pictured my life.” When she would look back, she would see that the beginning steps were almost imperceptibly small, and it usually started with what we now call coercive control, whether it was financial, emotional or social. I wonder if my colleague would like to comment on how Bill C-16 seeks to address criminalizing coercive control and making women feel more confident in coming forward.”
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 12 wordsI thank my hon. colleague for her work as a family lawyer, ThanksClaims · 22 wordsbecause sometimes they are the unsung heroes in helping women who are fleeing violence manoeuvre through systems that sometimes have failed them.Procedure · 7 wordsWe talk about the coercive control piece, ProcedureClaims · 62 wordsand the bill would help women.It would protect them and help protect children when they are navigating some of these systems.It would help with some of these delays.It is nice that we are seeing so many of our different crime bills coming here from the government.That has not been done in 20 years, 30 years or 40 years, 1Reasoning · 12 wordsso it is good that we are making progress on that measure.Partly on point