Status of Women committee  They are 1.7 times more likely, and that's from the Trans Pulse survey that came out just recently. I would really advise you to read that. It's an excellent survey that looked at the experiences of transpeople in Canada.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  In some ways it is the same, because transwomen are women and transmen are men, so there are things that happen within those relationships, but there are some things that are different. When we live in a culture that is still extremely transphobic, where we have laws and policies

Status of Women committee  I understand that, but I'm going to finish my sentence.

Status of Women committee  When transpeople experience violence—

Status of Women committee  —they experience high rates of violence, and when they experience that, it's really important to understand that transphobia makes it difficult for them to be safe. If we don't address transphobia and hatred for transpeople, we won't end that.

Status of Women committee  The digital fear is huge. What we see right now is the trading of nudes. We see people putting out intimate images without consent. We see students harassed in lots of ways. We see young people solicited online and catfished. We see the ways in which families also survey and moni

Status of Women committee  My name is Farrah, like “far away” or “far-out”. The question was about how, in 2017, the federal government put forth a gender-based violence action plan, and whether things are getting better for the community at large. I think that's the short version of it. I can say, as so

Status of Women committee  I love all these questions. On the first one, we need to ensure that they're learning from the age of zero. I have a two-year-old, and he knew about body autonomy pretty quickly. I need to affirm his right to choose that his body is his body, and that no one should touch him wi

Status of Women committee  Children are protected in multiple ways. When we don't provide education around domestic violence and intimate partner violence from a young age, children who witness that harm don't know that they're not alone. They may internalize and think it's their fault, that it's something

Status of Women committee  I love that question. We know that 71% of university and college students have said they have experienced or witnessed gender-based violence and specifically sexual violence and intimate partner violence, which is devastating. That says we're making a huge mistake when they're

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. We know that if we don't have that education, the violence continues. We need to have comprehensive education in all grade schools, from K to 12. It shouldn't be a partisan issue. Oftentimes this conversation becomes partisan, with certain parties and everybody say

Status of Women committee  Thank you so much. I'd like to begin by acknowledging that this conversation is taking place across traditional territories of many indigenous nations. I am currently on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit, the Anishinabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosau