Controversial charity to open men's centre in Ottawa

lostapwbm · 2017-09-09T15:55:14+00:00

Called the Canadian Centre for Men and Families, it's the third such facility from the Canadian Association For Equality. There's already a centre in Toronto, and a third in Calgary that's open just one day a week.

The association was in the news late last year in Ottawa after the Mayfair Theatre cancelled a screening of a men's rights documentary called The Red Pill because of complaints. The screening was to serve as a launch event for a fundraising campaign for the new centre.

The screening ultimately went ahead in a room at Ottawa City Hall, and CAFE went on to raise $80,000. The centre's grand opening is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the new office on Montreal Road in Vanier.

A peer support program for fathers dealing with separation or divorce will be among its initial offerings, said executive director Patrick Wright. Later plans include legal services for both victims of abuse and those accused of it, along with mental health services.

The Ottawa director of the charity funding the centre said that reluctance to seek help is an outgrowth of a bigger problem in society.

"We just naturally empathize more with women and children than with men," said David Shackleton. "I think this comes out of our history where we expected men to be the warriors and go off to battle. If you empathize a lot with your warrior, it doesn't work so well."

Empathy from government is also lacking, Shackleton said, as evidenced by a shortage of government-funded services for men.

A weak woman gets help; a weak man gets ignored.

Women's advocate Julie Lalonde says she welcomes the new centre for men, if the focus is on providing services instead of attacking feminism.

Feminism: You may only exist so long as you do not oppose our narrative.

jeff_the_nurse · 2017-09-09T20:24:44+00:00

You know the matriarchy reigns supreme when helping men is a controversial thing.

IronJohnMRA · 2017-09-09T19:59:46+00:00

Women's advocate Julie Lalonde says she welcomes the new centre for men, if the focus is on providing services instead of attacking feminism.

This is not a negotiation. We are here whether anyone likes it or not.

ISOanexplanation · 2017-09-09T23:28:02+00:00

Hilarious:

"We fought to get here, and CAFE needs to fight to be at the same space."

So because feminists "fought" traditionalist society and government now men's rights activists need to fight feminists as well as the rest of society? Talk about pulling the ladder up after yourself once you've sucked up all the "gender-equality" funding available. What a disgusting bit of lip service from a Red Pill movie protester.

cbagainststupidity · 2017-09-10T15:56:02+00:00

Because men's center are, of course, a controversial subject. What a great world to live in.

contractor808 · 2017-09-11T18:54:14+00:00

Good for them! Seems CAFE is really growing.

Title	Controversial charity to open men's centre in Ottawa
Author	lostapwbm
Upvotes	56
Comments	8
Date	September 9, 2017 3:54 PM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/6z2fly/controversial_charity_to_open_mens_centre_in/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/controversial-charity-to-open-mens-centre-in.914571 https://theredarchive.com/post/914571

Comments