Coercive Control is Terrible... Unless the Government Does It!

It's ugly to live with a partner who abuses & manipulates you, controls your every move -- purportedly "for your own good". But what if the government does all the same things -- "to keep you safe"?

“If your partner isn’t physically violent, is the abuse still criminal?”  This was the breathless, somewhat clumsy introduction line of a recent edition of the CBC’s Ontario Today, a weekday call-in …