REAL Women of Canada issued a statement: “Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) has conducted his own political cancel culture tactic against social conservative MP Derek Sloan (Hastings-Lennox and Addington, Ont.),” reads the statement. “The Conservative Party accepted a portion of this donation and accepted Fredrick P. Fromm‘s party membership application in the summer of 2020, sent … Read more
REAL Women of Canada issued a statement concerning forthcoming regulations on surrogate pregnancies in Canada: “Health Canada is currently proposing new regulations relating to surrogacy arrangements under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act. Unfortunately, it has not amended the regulations to prohibit foreign surrogacy arrangements in Canada. Consequently, Canadians will continue to pay for foreigners to … Read more
REAL Women of Canada issued a statement: “Instead of reducing family taxes and increasing child benefits to provide some genuine flexibly in women’s lives, Trudeau prefers to assign to women the role in which he thinks they belong; in the work force,” it says. “Although the budget does designate $70 million to women-led technology firms, … Read more
REAL Women of Canada welcomed Bill C-277, a private member’s bill calling for the development of a national framework on palliative care in Canada, which received royal assent on December 12. “This is good news, at last, for patients and physicians. This national framework will fill this need and lessen the excesses that have accompanied legalized … Read more
On October 18, 2016, second reading took place on Bill C-16 which amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to provide special protection for transsexuals and to include them in the list of identifiable groups that are protected from hate propaganda in the Criminal Code. The bill was sent to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, … Read more
The government will be re-introducing the costly, cumbersome and inaccurate feminist policy of equal pay for work of equal value for all federal employees by the end of the year 2018. This policy is not to be confused with the reasonable policy of equal pay for equal work that was established in most Canadian jurisdictions in the 1950’s. In view … Read more
The recent announcement by Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.), that the government will be funding (feminist) women’s groups for advocacy activities and research. The purpose of this funding is to encourage “diverse voices” and that the government is willing to hear from “opposing voices”. This policy is discriminatory and prejudicial against … Read more
REAL Women of Canada issued on Bill C-14 saying that the legislation should be temporarily postponed by way of the application of the Notwithstanding Clause in the Charter. The full statement is available online.
REAL Women of Canada said that a funding announcement earlier this week by International Development and La Francophonie Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) for increasing maternal health in developing countries was “a colossal waste of money for Canada.” In a press release, REAL Women of Canada said “The […] approach to women’s and children’s health, enthusiastically … Read more
REAL Women of Canada issued a statement on recommendations from the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying. The full statement is available online.
