‘Senseless’ violence is a crock of nonsense in a country built on patriarchy

Canada has a white, male, domestic terrorism problem that is now a national security problem. Let’s hope they don’t turn this country into the Republic of Gilead.
Canadian musician Natalie MacMaster played in tribute during an April 24 online vigil for those killed in Nova Scotia by playing alongside a video of 17-year-old Emily Tuck, who was among the victims.
OTTAWA—Not all men. However, when it comes to mass murder, it is indeed all men. The shootings in Nova Scotia were shocking, until they weren’t. The shooter had a history of domestic violence, which is something that the police made only perfunctory mention of, and his first victim (though not ...

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