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Is the gender ideology movement losing its stranglehold on power at the United Nations? This sounds too good to be true, I know ...  

But for the first time in a long time, there is new hope.  

This was on full display at the recently concluded 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. As it always goes with the UN, the story is complicated.  

A gender surprise!  

Right off the bat, on the first day, the sex-obsessed bureaucrats adopted a final document on women’s rights and gender equality, not by getting a consensus from all the members, but by resorting to heavy-handed procedural tactics used by the Chair of the commission.   

This set the tone for the entire two-week conference, leaving many member states frustrated and deeply divided over problematic language and non-agreed upon terms like gender.   

In the final hours of the Commission, the United States, along with 12 other nations, put forward a resolution to reaffirm the use of the word gender as defined by biological sex, saying the term should only refer to male and female.  

It sounds like common sense, right?  

Well, in response, the European Union blocked this resolution from even being debated with a new motion of its own and used procedural maneuvering to force a vote.  

Everything was moving so fast and many delegates didn’t understand what was happening.  

In the end, the EU’s forced vote worked and blocked the US resolution on biological sex with 23 in favor, 3 against, and 17 abstentions.  

While this looks like a loss, the breakdown of votes speaks volumes.  

Break down of votes - Yes 23 - No 3 - 17 Abstain

Many countries, particularly those from Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, either signaled support for the US position or refused to side with the EU.  

Several governments even clarified in their closing statements that they had been misled on the nature of the procedural vote and agreed that gender should only be defined by biological sex.  

Procedural tricks, misinformation, and a hijacking of multilateralism. It was a mess!  

The result reaffirmed something that those of us in the pro-life and pro-family movement have known for years – there is no global consensus on gender ideology.  

Where does Canada fit into all this?  

Canada wasn’t a voting member at this year’s Commission but remained active as part of a coalition which includes Australia, New Zealand and Iceland, and as expected, aligned itself with the European Union.  

Our government’s display in the room on that final day revealed everything we need to know about Canada’s status at the UN (and in the world).  

While speakers delivered their governments closing statements reaffirming their opposition to the problematic language about gender in the conference’s final document and the lack of consensus, the Canadian representative showed up unprepared, delivered boilerplate talking points, fumbled through the text, and ultimately had the microphone cut off after exceeding the time limit.  

The moment served as a reflection of Canada’s priorities and overall standing in this forum, rather than the performance of any one individual. 

While the rest of the world is pushing back and reasserting biological reality, our Liberal government continues to be fixated on gender ideology, holding on for dear life as the ship sinks, and taking Canada’s reputation down with it.  

Let’s not forget this point either – Prime Minister Carney’s newly appointed Ambassador to the United Nations is none other than former Justice Minister David Lametti.  

Remember him?  

In addition to his problematic voting record as a Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, he was the one who the oversaw the expansion of euthanasia to the mentally ill, which is set to start in March of 2027.  

He was also the author of the Liberal government’s ban on conversion therapy, criminalizing parents who seek therapy for their gender dysphoric children to accept their God-given bodies.  

Under the Carney-Lametti UN regime, our government’s obsession with so called ‘sexual rights’ is clear ...  

And this obsession is overshadowing the real and urgent needs of women and their families around the world, while at the same time impacting Canada’s reputation globally.   

When do we return to addressing poverty, achieving better outcomes for families, and improving maternal healthcare in the developing world so that women no longer die from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth?  

These are the priorities that every nation could support and achieve. These too were once the priorities that Canada was applauded for championing. 

But, after a decade of Justin Trudeau’s “feminism,” it seems that Mark Carney is continuing down the same path.  

While Canada stalls, much of the world is moving away from gender ideology, and sooner or later, we will have to catch up.