Manitoba bill would remove time limits for survivors’ civil claims

Manitoba has introduced proposed amendments to the Limitations Act that would remove limitation periods for civil claims arising from intimate partner violence involving coercive control.

• Who is affected: Survivors seeking to bring a civil claim over abuse involving coercive control.
• What could change: Survivors could pursue a claim regardless of when the abuse happened.
• Why it matters: Trauma, safety concerns and fear of retaliation can delay when survivors are able to seek legal action.

The act already removes limitation periods for assault and sexual assault claims. The proposed amendments have been introduced; the release does not say they have become law.