FEMINISM: according to the Collins Gage Canadian Dictionary it is a philosophy advocating rights which are equal to those that exist for men.
Judy Rebick in her book Ten Thousand Roses gives a excellent account of feminism in Canada.
Along comes Harper and his gang of right-wing Conservatives and wipes out the work of thousands of women and men across this country with one quick slash of his pen, eliminating the word equality from the Status of Women's statement and ends the long painstaking inter-provincial negotiations which were moving toward a Universal Child Care policy while ignoring the fact that a large percentage of Canadian children are living in abject poverty. Currently, certain of his minions are attempting to re-open the abortion issue to further erode women's choices, his government has refused to transfer payments to the provinces for affordable housing or adequate health care and yet Harper promises obscene amounts of our tax money to bail out greedy capitalist auto makers.
What are these boys thinking?
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The "F" word in the 21st Century
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They're thinking about all the oodles of money they're making off the plebes and using their power to manipulate said plebes into serving that goal.
Don't forget their trying to freeze pay equity rights, an initiative that has yet to be dropped from their failed economic update.
He is a scary dude. The sweater hides an ideology that he seldom airs but acts upon slyly and subtly...or not so subtly.
Harper is attacking Canada's progressive policies one at a time, and doing it very incrementally. Taking away funding from those seeking to protect their Constitutional rights enshrined in our charter during his last mandate...and continuing along now.
He's doing it slowly but surely, leaving the big ticket items (same sex marriage, abortion) alone while he's stuck with a minority.
With all the right wing religious nut jobs working diligently on his behalf we're gonna have our work cut out for us whenever the next election comes along.
All the funding that you require
would be a provincial issue- if I am not mistaken.
British Columbia is such a
resourceful,and beautiful province;
I think that is why Ms.Oda cut your funding...the B.C. Provincial government is responsible- and now deriving extra monies from the 'Carbon Tax' for improved social spending. (i.e. Quebec is responsible for its Child Day Care Program...etc.)
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