Civil Courts Introducing a New Intimate Partner Violence Tort: Coercive and Controlling Behaviour and the Potential Benefits to Victims for Access to Justice [ Part 1 ]
Intimate partner violence is a serious issue in Canada. This discussion will examine how Canadian courts recognize coercive and controlling behaviour within civil law, regarding the new intimate partner violence tort, and whether the tort will improve access to justice for survivors. The important questions are: how are the courts recognizing the harms of CCB? And what are the potential positives of the courts recognizing and providing legal consequences for this type of abus
Transgender Justice and Bill C-16: The Unfounded Fear of Pronoun Prison
Bill C-16 added “gender identity or expression” to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in Section 3(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Second, Bill C-16 added “gender identity or expression” to the protected identifiable groups listed under the hate propaganda provisions in Section 318(4) of the Criminal Code.Lastly, Bill C-16 also modified Section 718.2(a)(i) of the Criminal Code to classify a criminal offence motivated by bias based on “gender identity or exp
