Policy Papers & Submissions
Formal submissions, briefs, and institutional filings produced by NAARC addressing gaps in law, policy, and governmental response to coercive control and narcissistic abuse. These documents are grounded in peer-reviewed research and submitted to legislative, judicial, and regulatory bodies in Canada and internationally.
White Papers
A Public-Health and Public-Policy Emergency: Moral Injury, Coercive Control, Institutional Betrayal, and Suicide Risk NEW
Published May 21, 2026. Presents a unified public-health model linking coercive control, PMIEs, moral injury, institutional betrayal, chronic relational stress, and suicide risk. Argues that national suicide numbers significantly exceed femicide numbers, yet the shared upstream driver — relationally induced chronic stress — remains unaddressed in policy, medicine, and law. Introduces the no-silo framework, the universal intake protocol, and a conservative $40–80B annual burden estimate for Canada.
NAARC White Paper Series — No. 1
Canadian Parliament — Bill C-223
The first two submissions were filed prior to the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16. The working paper and personal submission below were both triggered by that ruling and its implications for C-223's legislative framework.
Pre-Ruling Submissions
Bill C-223 — Technical Brief
Submitted to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, April 16, 2026. Argues that C-223 fails its own Best Interests of the Child standard, encodes gender asymmetry into family law, and carries prima facie Section 15 Charter risk through its evidentiary architecture.
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights — Primary Submission
Bill C-223 — Supplementary Brief
Addresses four structural gaps not raised in prior testimony: the compounding sequential ratchet effect, the non-physical coercive profile detection gap, contaminated preference and classification failure, and attribution error under reactive conduct. Includes CEDAW alignment analysis.
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights — Supplementary Submission
Post-Ruling: Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16
Bill C-223 — NAARC Working Paper: Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16
Drafted May 17, 2026 following the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark ruling recognizing the standalone Tort of Intimate Partner Violence. Establishes that C-223's incident-based framework is rendered legally obsolete by the SCC's pattern-based standard. Introduces the "Gender Mirror" analysis, dismantles the "High-Conflict" misnomer, and documents the codification of the "Silver Bullet" exploit. This working paper formed the analytical basis of the personal submission filed below.
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights — NAARC Working Paper
Bill C-223 — Personal Submission NEW
Submitted May 17, 2026 by David Iain Crombie — survivor of coercive control and human trafficking, alienated parent, Hamilton Mountain, Ontario. Argues that Bill C-223 is rendered legally obsolete by Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16 before it can pass into law. Introduces the "Contaminated Preference" concept, documents the Silver Bullet exploit's reliance on unverified affidavits and disproven allegations as permanent file contamination, and integrates PMIE and institutional betrayal frameworks into a formal policy mandate for mortality tracking of coercive control survivors. Requests six structural amendments including a DOJ Charter opinion, CEDAW compliance review, and a joint PHAC/DOJ longitudinal tracking mandate.
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights — Personal Submission, David Iain Crombie
NAARC is a federally registered Canadian nonprofit. Policy papers and submissions represent NAARC's institutional positions and do not constitute legal advice.