The problem we see with the methodology used by Statistics Canada is that it is based on self-reporting. In other words, when Statistics Canada employees call people to answer a survey, they ask them if they are victims of violence, whether they are men or women. Things like coercive control are not taken into account in the criteria. We end up with matching data indicating that the number of victims of violence is the same among men and women, which is totally absurd.
Therefore, we need a methodology that takes into account the seriousness of the acts committed against women. Being a victim of verbal abuse is not the same as being a victim of coercive control, for example. However, Statistics Canada doesn't make a distinction as to the seriousness of the acts of violence that are perpetrated. If the woman says she is a victim of violence and the man says he is as well, the information is treated the same in both cases.