The Women's March on Washington was scheduled well in advance, to take place on January 21, right after the inauguration of the new American president. The idea was for all women to rally in solidarity for health and safety rights, at a time when the overall society marginalizes women and discursively regularizes interpretations of sexual violence.

Several cities followed suit and a March in Toronto was also organized. According to the event's Facebook page, about 13,000 attended. People gathered at Queen's Park, marched towards the U.S. Consulate and later to the City Hall, at Nathan Philip Square.

In the lead-up to the expulsion yesterday by President Barack Obama of 35 suspected Russian "intelligence operatives" from the United States for their government's effort to influence the recent U.S. presidential election, a strenuous attempt has been made by many North American news organizations to leave the impression the 'hacking" in question involved manipulating the actual ballot count to give the election to Republican Donald Trump.