We urge the committee to call on Canada to denounce and condemn any attempt to intimidate, threat, attack, silence and boycott womenโs groups and individual women for speaking up on the unique experience and needs of female born women and girls and remind Canada that the โAttempts to silence women based on the views they hold regarding the scope of gender identity and sex in law and in practice and the rights associated with these, severely affects their participation in society in dignity and in safety, as well as their countryโs prosperity and development.โ
Routinely, men that are deemed dangerous by Crown prosecutors and judges, as evidenced by the granting of protection orders and/or no-contact as a bail condition, are released into the community and as a result, fatally harm women.
Canadaโs Criminal Code and the corresponding Provincial Policy allow pre-trial detention โfor the protection or safety of the publicโ (including a victim). Are women not considered โthe publicโ? Donโt women deserve protection and safety?
