Liberal MP proposes sweeping changes to Divorce ActBy Canadian Press on January 28, 2026. Share this story:OTTAWA — A Liberal MP is pushing for changes to the Divorce Act to give children a say in divorce proceedings and limit the effects of coercive control and domestic violence. Lisa Hepfner, the MP for Hamilton Mountain, said she proposed the legislation after hearing horrifying stories from Suzanne Zaccour, director of legal affairs at the National Association of Women and the Law. I used to be a journalist … So when I hear those stories (now), I don’t have to just share them. Zaccour, speaking alongside Hepfner on Wednesday, recounted stories she heard from women who told the courts their partner was abusing them or their children during divorce proceedings.