3 hours after taking power, Harper cut $1 billion from national child care.
Just three hours after being sworn in as prime minister, Stephen Harper announced changes to Canada's national child care program amounting to $1 billion in cuts by March 2007. The cuts...
View ArticleConservatives voted against women pay equity bill.
In 2009, the Conservatives voted against a pay equity bill, which would allow the Canadian Human Rights Commission to rule on pay equity complaints.Read about it in the Toronto Star
View ArticleConservative MP John Baird refuses to help supply aid for birth control.
Birth control will be excluded from aid aimed at improving the health of mothers in developing countries because it does not deal with "family planning." International critics call out Canada for...
View ArticleConservatives cut funding for women's groups, close 75% of Status of Women...
Key women's groups lost funding under the Status of Women's Canada cutbacks in 2010, which is a major blow to women's equality and advocacy. This comes after 12 of 16 Status of Women offices were shut...
View ArticleConservatives closed a government agency that worked on gender equality...
Canadian human rights agency Rights & Democracy has worked internationally on issues of gender equality since 1988. The Harper Conservatives brought their legacy to an end, abandoning women's...
View ArticleThe Conservatives eliminated funding to six different women's health...
Harper eliminates the Women's Health Contribution Program, which funds six women's health organizations across the country. He also cuts the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO), ending...
View ArticleCanada falls from 7th to 25th in the world ranking of Economic Gender Gap
Canada falls to 21st in the global gender gap index due to a lack of female representation in politics. In the category of political empowerment, Canada ranks 38th. Read about it in the Globe and Mail
View ArticleThe Conservatives decided the best people to investigate RCMP abuses of First...
An international human rights organization calls out Harper for mishandling the investigation of RCMP abuses of Aboriginal women. Harper told victims of repeated police violence to turn over case...
View ArticleThe Conservatives have lowest percentage of female MPs.
Canada sends a record number of women to parliament in 2011—no thanks to the Conservatives or the Liberals. Harper's party is only 17 percent women; same with the Liberals. By contrast, 39 percent of...
View ArticleHarper tells Muslim women what to wear. Fear mongering and racism are super...
Harper called Muslim culture "anti-women" and went on to say that the niqab (a face covering veil) should not be worn while Muslim women are being sworn in as Canadian citizens. The response on twitter...
View ArticleCanada's gender pay gap is double the global average.
According to a recent study, Canadian women are making about $8000 less yearly than their male counterparts at the same job - a gap that’s double the global average. Read the full story in the Globe...
View ArticleShush baby! Just look pretty. 17 ways Harper has controlled you like a...
You will be happy to know that over the last 9 years Harper made cuts to essential services for women, unless you are a woman, than “oopsies!” Oh look a cupcake! You ladies like cupcakes right? The...
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