Opinion: Why preventing gender-based violence is a nation-building project It’s no secret that 2025 was a period of profound change for Canada.

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It’s no secret that 2025 was a period of profound change for Canada.

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From geopolitical uncertainties to AI-driven misinformation, from climate pressures to a worsening housing and drug crisis, our country is navigating a convergence of challenges. Meeting them requires more than technical fixes; it demands investment in the social fabric that holds us together.

If we are serious about building a safer, more connected Canada, we must confront one of the most pervasive threats to our collective well-being: male-perpetrated violence.

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Too often, nation-building is imagined only in terms of pipelines and railways. But true nation-building is about more than infrastructure. It’s about cohesion, resilience, and the capacity to thrive through uncertainty.

The conditions that allow male-perpetrated violence to flourish — child abuse, economic precarity, food insecurity, climate collapse, social disconnection, and online radicalization — are intensifying. Without a co-ordinated, national strategy to prevent male perpetration of gender-based violence, we risk leaving communities vulnerable and fragmented.

Men are responsible for 99 per cent of sexual assaults against women, 93 per cent of sexual assaults against men, and

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