I'll start with an example related to the national action plan to end gender-based violence.
When we talk to a department like Women and Gender Equality Canada, people ask us why francophone women should be prioritized over others. There are indigenous women, women with disabilities, and so on. They're making us compete with other groups, but we don't want to do that. We're not competing with indigenous women or any other group. That said, there is an Official Languages Act.
Public servants and departments don't seem to automatically take this into account. On the contrary, we're told that it's because of intersectionality.
