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zizou
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posted 03 August 2006 07:54 AM      Profile for zizou     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
REAL Women campaign... Please take action.

(REAL Women's objectives can be viewed on: http://www.realwomenca.com/about.htm )

Dear Parleuses,

As you know, I have been posting the activities of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on this list-serve. Today, I write not to report on the Committee, but to ask you to act.

Thanks to the tireless work of groups that are speaking out via this list-serve, you are all well aware of the conservative women's group REAL Women and their campaign to cut funding for Status of Women Canada. I have received correspondence from many of you with regards to REAL's campaign. Please be assured that I have raised your concerns both with Minister Oda in the House of Commons, as well as with my colleagues and the Members of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

REAL Women is currently soliciting the support of their members to participate in a letter-writing campaign asking Prime Minster Harper and Minister Oda, the Minister of Heritage and Status of Women, to remove the Status of Women portfolio from Cabinet. They are also calling for the abolition of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Additionally, they would like the Prime Minster to cut Status of Women Canada funding to over five hundred women's shelters across Canada. This is simply unacceptable.

I am asking you to move swiftly and let your voices be heard. Working together, we can counter this campaign and ensure that the Status of Women remains a priority in Cabinet. We cannot let the valuable work of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on important issues such as pay equity, matrimonial property rights, and income security for senior women simply fall by the wayside.

It is incumbent upon us as a community to ensure that vital services, such as those provided by women's shelters, continue to operate and help women and families affected by domestic violence and other abuses.

The most important thing you can do is to make your voice heard. Writing to your Member of Parliament is an important first step to placing this issue on their radar, regardless of political affiliation. In addition, contacting Minister Oda and Prime Minister Harper, as well as the opposition critics, will guarantee that this issue receives the attention it deserves.

I know you share my concerns about this critically important issue. Please find the contact information for Prime Minister Harper, Minister Oda, and the opposition critics below.

Thank you for your continuing efforts.

Sincerely,

Hon. Maria Minna, P.C.,M.P .
Beaches- East York


Right Honourable Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Langevin Block,
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
[email protected]

The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Status of Women - [email protected]

Ms. Maria Minna, Critic, Status of Women, Liberal Party - [email protected]

Ms. Irene Mathyssen, Critic, Status of Women, New Democratic Party - [email protected]

Mme Maria Maurani, Critic, Status of Women, Bloc Quebecois - [email protected]

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From: amandla al-intifadah - amandla al-awdah | Registered: Jul 2006  |  IP: Logged
remind
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posted 03 August 2006 08:53 AM      Profile for remind     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Link does not work.

Nothing will turn women, in the majority, against the Harper government if something like this goes through, or is even attempted to go through.

As such, I hope they try.


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zizou
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posted 03 August 2006 09:56 AM      Profile for zizou     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
have just tried fixing the link - appears to be working now.

i do understand your double-mindedness on the issue. harper has already alienated or strengthened the antipathy of anyone concerned about civil liberties, the rights of members of the lgbt community, women, visible minorities, any citizens concerned about canada's international reputation, the anti-war movement, etc. etc. part of me also hopes that his sad attempts at buying favour (e.g., the 1% gst cut which only appreciably benefits those who certainly do not need a tax cut, his 'rescue mission/failed photo op' plane diversion to Cyprus last month...) continue to backfire.


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posted 03 August 2006 10:10 AM      Profile for 500_Apples   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Cutting funding for an near-invisible lobby group will turn Canadian women against the government? Maybe if they do a terrible job spinning it. I don't see something that would go on page A7 for one day shifting public opinion.

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posted 03 August 2006 10:51 AM      Profile for Stargazer     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
500 Apples, what are you talking about? What is the 'spinning' that is required do you thinkl? Do you really think most women would like to go back to the old days? I'm pretty sure most women are not buying into the REAl women's agenda.
From: Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. | Registered: Jun 2004  |  IP: Logged
500_Apples
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posted 03 August 2006 10:58 AM      Profile for 500_Apples   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Perhaps I misinterpreted the article.

From what I understand, there is possibility of a funding cut for status of women canada. That in itself I don't think would receive significant coverage, and if it doesn't receive significant coverage, then it doesn't shift votes. However:

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Additionally, they would like the Prime Minster to cut Status of Women Canada funding to over five hundred women's shelters across Canada.

If they're stupid enough to do this, then I suppose that's a justified fifteen point drop in the polls. I'd be very surprised if they did. I'm thinking from the assumption we may see some financial drop in government subsidies for the NAC of perhaps 15%, along with other similar organizations, and that the news will last a single day and appear on page A7.


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posted 03 August 2006 12:00 PM      Profile for Stargazer     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
That's a good point. The media may not present this at all and as you say, maybe there are many people who have no idea about the Status of Women. If it isn't big news, our media is failing us badly...
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Michelle
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posted 03 August 2006 01:13 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Stargazer:
That's a good point. The media may not present this at all and as you say, maybe there are many people who have no idea about the Status of Women. If it isn't big news, our media is failing us badly...

Do you think? On the other hand, I haven't really noticed NAC doing anything major in the last few years anyhow. Have they been doing big things lately that the media hasn't been reporting on?


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posted 03 August 2006 02:08 PM      Profile for Stargazer     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Not that I'm aware of. On top of that, once Michelle Landsberg was off the Toronto Star, there was no mention at all of feminist issues. That was a real blow for us.
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jas
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posted 03 August 2006 04:58 PM      Profile for jas     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
OK, someone should start a national group called F.A.K.E. Women.

What could F.A.K.E. stand for? :

- Feminists Are Kooky Egalitarians?
- Feminists Aren't Krazy Eggheads!
- Feminists Are Kool, Eh.
- Female Anarchists Kiss(ing) Each (other).
- Feminazi Astronauts (putting the) Kibosh (on) Enslavement.

Oh how about this,

- Families Are Killing Everyone


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Stargazer
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posted 03 August 2006 05:40 PM      Profile for Stargazer     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 

Aw but one already does. They're called REAL women.


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