Interestingly, the first part of my professional life was working with men who were court ordered to what we call “batterer's treatment”. That is a piece of expertise I have, and I pay close attention to it, but there has not been an investment in that. There has been an investment in bystander intervention.
It's good for us to have a healthy level of appreciation for those services, but the biggest message within Canada is to recognize on a broad scale how endemic gender-based violence is and that this should be front and centre all the time. It should be part of all COVID-19 advertising that comes through the federal government. It should be front of mind for everybody right now; this is a key moment for us. Changing culture involves services and recognizing the social inequality, and the role men and boys play.