Bill C-16 is designed to criminalize coercive control. The purpose of Bill C-16 is to treat murders committed in situations of coercive control, hatred, violence or sexual exploitation as first-degree murder, the most serious form of homicide under the Criminal Code. According to the ex-director of the house of help and accommodation in Emergence, Nancy Gough, the criminalization of this control is an interesting step forward.
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Bill C-16 is designed to criminalize coercive control. The purpose of Bill C-16 is to treat murders committed in situations of coercive control, hatred, violence or sexual exploitation as first-degree murder, the most serious form of homicide under the Criminal Code. According to the ex-director of the house of help and accommodation in Emergence, Nancy Gough, the criminalization of this control is an interesting step forward.