Status of Women Minister Bev Oda says the Conservative government has removed “equality” from the mandate of the status of women program because it wants to instil the belief in equality in every government department, agency and office.
That’s right we want to take away the concept of equality to ensure equality. Now if you aren’t understanding that logic you likely belong to one of those special interests groups.
A lot of issues are not women’s issues, they’re Canadian issues,” Oda said, explaining the government philosophy behind a series of moves that have provoked a week of Opposition criticism and protests by women’s groups.
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“If you want to advocate for more opportunities for women to enter the workforce, you should be talking to the minister of human resources and social development,” Oda said. “If it’s aboriginal women, it’s the responsibility of the minister of aboriginal affairs.
“We believe as a government that every part of the federal government has to be founded in the belief of equality,” Oda said.
Not actual equality mind you, the belief of equality.
Now if you want to see a demonstration of such belief, look to the south where they have cured hunger! Though there are still some who are food insecure. But hey we all have insecurities!
Oda said the term feminist “doesn’t bother me. It’s not pro or con. All I know is that I stand for what’s right and what’s wrong
Exactly! She stands for the right and as usual they are wrong.
We can take heart though that the other members of the conservative cabinet are already brushing up on women’s issues.
Stockwell Day, Conservative MP for Okanagan Coquihalla, disagrees with that assertion and noted there will be no cuts to services. He added that he doesn’t know anything about the word equality being stripped.
“Status of Women was established in 1976, and there are going to be no cuts in service, the women’s program will continue to receive all of its funding,” Day said.
Er…maybe not.
Hilarious!
Well, it would be. Except human lives are involved, so actually it isn’t funny at all.
Scary isn’t it?
One could never write a satire like this it would be seen as over the top. The fact that it is reality and not satire…well that just boggles the mind.
Why do I feel like the word “bootstraps” is just around the corner? Or “Ignorance is strength”? 🙁
I was going to ask about Harper’s plans for the next Two Minute Hate, but I see they’ve adjourned for the holidays.
You’ve been tearing Oda a new for quite a while now, and I couldn’t be happier. Oda is my MP and she is just a tool really. She’s beatable come election time and I’m in the process of trying to build a ‘profile’ on all her crap so we can begin to develop a plan of attack. I would love to hear your views and insights into this…
You’re just down the road from me, in a manner of speaking.
We have Barry Devolin.
Profiling the pair of them sounds like a plan!
It’s funny. I tagged some of this “cuts” / “non-cuts” doublespeak earlier (to my delicious tags). I’ve also tagged a lot of stuff about my own MP’s outrageous acts/comments as of late (see deandelmastro in delicious), plus anything relevant I can find about status of women, etc., over the past few weeks.