According to this article at LifeSite News, the Canadian Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Randy Boissonnault, said "Our government believes in equipping women for success...That is why contraceptives will be free under our pharmacare plan. That is why we will defend a woman’s right to choose [abortion.]"
Let that sink in for a bit, because putting aside questions about women's proper roles in society, this pairing of women's success with contraceptives and abortion says volumes about how the Canadian government views women qua women.
To understand what I'm getting at, think about what the Boissonnault didn't say: He didn't say, "Our government believes in equipping women for success. That is why we are helping young women develop skills to resist pressure to jump in the sack." He didn't say, "Our government believes in equipping women for success. That is why we are teaching young men to restrain their sexual impulses and refrain from preying on women as sexual conquests." He didn't say "Our government believes in equipping women for success. That is why we are teaching young men and women to treat sex as a solemn privilege for those in a position to raise children, rather than as a recreation."
No, Boissonnault didn't say any of those things. Instead, he said that to help women succeed, the Canadian government is giving them free contraceptives and making sure they have access to abortion.
Again, ignore the question of what women should be doing in a society. Forget the fact that motherhood is the highest and most significant success of which a woman is capable--far more significant than (for example) being the CEO of a multinational corporation. Let's accept the view that success for women is worldly and requires them to avoid having children.
The Canadian government's solution isn't to give women the tools to exercise sexual control over their own bodies. No, that would be unreasonable. "What? You mean women ought to be able to refuse a sex-filled lifestyle? You mean boys shouldn't pressure their girlfriends to put out? You mean women should feel free to reject the hook-up culture? What a kook!" Instead, the Canadian government's official position (apparently) is that women don't have a right to not participate in our hyper-sexed culture; therefore, in order for them to be successful, they need contraceptives.