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Minutes of Proceedings

45th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 16
Monday, November 24, 2025, 3:30 p.m. to Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 6:26 p.m.
In Camera
Presiding
Marilyn Gladu, Chair (Conservative)

Library of Parliament
• Joey Arseneault-Watters, Analyst
• Caitlin Gropp, Analyst
• Vanessa Preston, Analyst
The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

At 3:34 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 3:43 p.m., the meeting resumed.

At 4:07 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 4:14 p.m., the meeting resumed.

At 4:28 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 4:30 p.m., the meeting resumed.

It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee hold a study, consisting of five meetings, to examine the current state of women’s shelters and transitional housing across the country for women and children fleeing gender-based violence, as well as how experiences of homelessness and the current housing affordability crisis impacts women and girls in Canada. In addition, the study should examine the impacts to Indigenous and marginalized women and girls across the country.

And that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response to the report.

It was agreed, — That the committee proceed to sit in public.

At 4:37 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 4:55 p.m., the meeting resumed in public.

At 5:28 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 4:30 p.m., on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, the meeting resumed in public.

The committee resumed consideration of the motion moved on Monday, November 24, 2025, which read as follows:

Given that Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, and the Minister of Justice, Sean Fraser, each received two separate invitations from the committee and refused to appear, the committee expresses its disappointment with the ministers and requests that their refusal to be accountable to parliamentarians and Canadians be reported to the House.

and of the amendment moved on Monday, November 24, 2025, which read as follows:

That the motion be amended

(a) by deleting the word “two”

(b) by deleting the words “and refused to appear”

(c) by deleting the words “and requests that their refusal to be accountable to parliamentarians and Canadians be reported to the House”.

It was agreed, — That the debate be now adjourned.

It was agreed, — That the committee resume its study of antifeminist ideology.

As an individual
• Dan Irving, Associate Professor
Next Gen Men
• Jake Stika, Executive Director
Professional Engineers Ontario
• Jennifer Quaglietta, Chief Executive Officer and Registrar
Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak
• Lisa Pigeau, Director of Intergovernmental Relations
Partage au Masculin
• Jean-Michaël Dubé-Rousseau, Executive Director
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, September 15, 2025, the committee resumed its study of antifeminist ideology.

At 4:31 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 4:32 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Dan Irving, Jake Stika and Jennifer Quaglietta made statements and answered questions.

At 5:34 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 5:39 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Lisa Pigeau and Jean-Michaël Dubé-Rousseau made statements and answered questions.

At 6:26 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Tina Miller
Clerk of the committee