Elle Beaver brings you profiles of the women who are shaping the 2015 federal election (#elxn42), the pundits, spin-doctors, journalists and activists who are making headlines, shaping our political landscape and who are vying for YOUR vote! In this edition, we focus on Up for Debate, the coalition of organizations that fought for an electoral … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Stephen Harper
Status of Women Minister Comes out as Pro-Life, Raises Question of Harper Government Stance on Abortion
Status of Women Minister Kellie Leitch has publicly come out as pro-life. Continue reading
Abortion, Maternal Health, Syria and How the Harper Government’s Foreign Policy Has Failed Women Around the World
Remember that time Hilary Clinton came to Canada and stirred the abortion and maternal health pot? Continue reading
Women of #Elxn42: Zunera Ishaq
Elle Beaver brings you profiles of the women who are shaping the 2015 federal election (#elxn42), the pundits, spin-doctors, journalists and activists who are making headlines, shaping our political landscape and who are vying for YOUR vote! In this edition, we focus on Zunera Ishaq, the woman who is fighting to assert her right to … Continue reading
Women of #Elxn42: Jenni Byrne
Elle Beaver brings you profiles of the women who are shaping the 2015 federal election (#elxn42), the pundits, spin-doctors, journalists and activists who are making headlines, shaping our political landscape and who are vying for YOUR vote! In this edition, we focus on Jenni Byrne, one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s top political advisors and … Continue reading
Women of #ELXN42: Margaret Atwood
Elle Beaver brings you profiles of the women who are shaping the 2015 federal election (#elxn42), the pundits, spin-doctors, journalists and activists who are making headlines, shaping our political landscape – and who are vying for YOUR vote! In this edition, we focus on author Margaret Atwood, whose censored editorial on hair sparked #HairGate. Continue reading
Harper Government Told They Must Allow Niqabs at Citizenship Ceremonies
Today in Canadian-Charter-Of-Rights-And-Freedoms-News (obviously the best kind of news), a Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that Zunera Ishaq can take her citizenship oath while wearing the niqab. Continue reading
UPDATED: Cree Woman Wins Beauty Pageant, Immediately Turns Spotlight to Stephen “Missing and Murdered Women Not a Priority” Harper
Canada needs a new prime minister, says Ashley Burnham. Continue reading
Honour Flora MacDonald (by voting out Stephen Harper)
Joe Clark’s words echoed across Canada’s Twittersphere with a resounding thud: Flora MacDonald, the formidable first femme of Canadian politics who blazed a trail for other women in her wake, had died. Continue reading
Stephen Harper and the ‘moral panic’ over the niqab and women’s Charter rights
Last week, Prime Minister Stephen “Ethnic Costume” Harper stirred the political pot when he announced the government’s intentions to challenge the decision of a federal court which asserted that Zunera Ishaq had the right to take her citizenship oath as a new Canadian while wearing the niqab, the Islamic veil which covers the hair and … Continue reading