Yes, very quickly, I think there is work to be done to study further the rise of anti-rights, anti-gender and anti-feminist narratives. They are indeed transnational. They are interconnected. Just yesterday, I came back from Halifax and a round table with other scholars where they are actually studying exactly what this trend looks like. They are moving from country to country. It's more of networks that are rising. It's a mix of both a denial of the human rights framework and an emphasis on individual rights that we're seeing rising primarily in Europe but also in North America and various other countries as well.
One of the most effective ways for them to spread is through digital platforms and social media in particular. This is why the movement is becoming transnational. One of the major threats for defenders who are here in Canada comes through these platforms. The levels of online violence that human rights defenders in Canada are facing, as I said, are alarming. They receive threats, but beyond the online piece, they also receive physical threats. Some of them, particularly those from China, have reported receiving calls, being followed, and overt surveillance from their governments and actors that are close to their governments and who have a presence here on Canadian soil.
I would really like to highlight the need to better support women from online violence. We have just seen that the Governor General herself receives these levels of violence. Women journalists in particular are at risk here in Canada, as are a variety of other women human rights defenders.
There's an emboldening of the anti-gender, anti-feminist and anti-rights movements. It is spreading. It is organized. It is sophisticated. It is resourced. It needs an adequate response from the Canadian government. I'm quite concerned about where we're going to be in five years if we don't take concrete action today.
I'll stop here and give Lauren an opportunity to respond as well.