OTTAWA -- “If the Prime Minister was serious about not wanting to re-open the debate on reproductive rights, he would have taken action to stop it from hitting the floor of the House of Commons,” says Dave Coles, president of one of Canada’s largest private sector unions.
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union president says he does “not believe for a minute that Stephen Harper does not want this issue to be dragged up again.
“Nothing rattles through Parliament like this without the PM’s support,” says Coles.
Ottawa, ON (March 27, 2012) -- The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) will appear tomorrow before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in Washington D.C. to provide a thematic briefing on the subject of the disappearances and murders of Aboriginal women and girls in British Columbia, Canada. [Read More]
NEW YORK (February 28, 2012) -- As part of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, CEP’s Gisèle Pageau, Human Rights and Education Director (left), Françoise Boivin, NDP Member of Parliament, and Barb Dolan, Administrative Vice-President, Ontario Region are part of the Canadian Labour delegation.
Ottawa (March 6, 2012) -- On March 8th, the CLC will be launching Work it!, a web-based video game. The game is a way to start a conversation about the challenges women face in balancing work and family life - from finding child care to securing safe housing to dealing with a stressful workplace. The game links back to web-based resources which provide more information about the real-life challenges facing working women in Canada.
Shortly after what has now become known as the “Montreal Massacre”, all federal political parties in Canada’s voted to make its Dec. 6th anniversary date “the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.”
