Action: Liberal Abortion Bill
We have a baseline against which to measure whether a woman’s right to choose is being rolled back.
That baseline shows that eighteen years after the historic Morgentaler decision, Canadian women still face challenges with realizing choice, in particular with access to abortion services
I never ate a raw fish I didn’t like
June 20, 2006 by Magoo_san · Comments Off
When summer turns the burner up to “high” and braises me in my own sweat and lethargy, there are only two foods I want to eat for lunch: popsicles or sushi. And where I live and work, it’s easier to find the sushi.
Globalisation as an instrument for women’s equality?
June 17, 2006 by Stephen Gordon · 2 Comments
A recent study suggests that it is:
This paper assesses the empirical relationship between the liberalization of international trade and the economic status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent country studies find export led growth in middle and low income countries is associated with improvements in [...]
The not so secret garden
June 16, 2006 by Debra · Comments Off
By Debra Scott
From the beginning this was not going to be a story that ended well.
Though the developer does not play a noble role in this fiasco, neither does the city. They knew about the South Central Farm. They knew that many people were feeding themselves this way. Imagine the poor, the destitute pulling themselves [...]
Newsweek’s Apology Too Little, 20 Years Too Late
June 15, 2006 by Debra · Comments Off
“We were wrong!”
You almost never see these words on the cover of a major magazine, but on June 5, Newsweek said just that.
The magazine headlined, in boxcar type, “20 years ago, Newsweek predicted that a single, 40-year-old woman had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than getting married.”
Over a photograph of a [...]
Local Health Integration Networks
June 15, 2006 by Debra · Comments Off
By Debra Scott
82% of the province has never heard of LHINs or don’t know what they are. You would think then that the province would be doing all they could to ensure that all Ontarians have a chance to learn about, and have input into this system. Perhaps even have a chance to [...]
