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Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

January 14, 2026

CALGARY—The #MeToo movement didn’t go far enough. I wish it had become a militant uprising. Perhaps then our mostly male political class wouldn’t be blowing smoke up our asses about the security and safety of women and girls.

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