the regina mom: Budget 2010: Still Leaving Women Behind
March 15, 2010 by thereginamom
This came my way via the PAR-L email list. Huge thanks to Kathleen Lahey for this work. It puts a light on the inherently sexist economic system in which women exist, a system Stephen Harper is determined to prop up, regardless how much it hurts women and their children.
Kathleen Lahey
Mar. 5, 2010
The big [...]
the regina mom: Racist Screed by Con MP Peter Goldring
February 21, 2010 by thereginamom
This racist screed was sent to Edmonton East constituents by their Conservative MP, Peter Goldring, in his householder in December 2009. Yes, folks, your tax dollars paid for racist literature!
There are those today who want to change the historical record regarding 19th century Metis leader Louis Riel. Peter Goldring, Member of Parliament for Edmonton East [...]
the regina mom: What Harper’s Done to Canadian Social Programs
February 8, 2010 by thereginamom
I wrote this for rabble.ca some time ago but never did blog it. I’ve been trying to find it for some time because it’s in need of an update. Here it is. Please feel free to use the comment box below to add the other places Harper’s axe has landed since this was written.
What [...]
the regina mom: O Canada, I believe: A ‘No Prorogue’ poem
January 23, 2010 by thereginamom
O Canada, I believe: A ‘No Prorogue’ poem
O Canada, I believe we have a problem. PMS: Prime Minister Steve. Canada’s Prime Minister prefers to ignore advice from scientists and diplomats in the warfields, silence watchdogs and whistle-blowers and shutdown dissenters and to let Parliament decide–Later*. A mere war-criminal or -monger, he [...]
the regina mom: Oh Canada, We Stand On Guard For Thee, Eh!
January 8, 2010 by thereginamom
I don’t consider myself to be a patriotic person. In fact, patriotism is something I’ve never encouraged in anyone. I think it’s dangerous, quite frankly.
Democracy and participation in the democratic process, well, that’s something else entirely! What’s happening in Canada right now, with the surge of clicking on Facebook and the creation of this website, [...]
the regina mom: Taking Action on Climate Change
November 11, 2009 by thereginamom
Several weeks ago I received an email inviting me to be part of an international action on climate justice.
Climate Justice Fast! aims to send a powerful message to members of the public who are as yet unaware of the urgency of climate action, as well as to inspire those who are already aware of climate [...]
the regina mom: Climate Justice Fast!
October 15, 2009 by thereginamom
I am using today, Blog Action Day, to let readers know that in recent weeks I have become involved in an international action in regard to climate change and climate justice. As part of the international group wanting to move our leaders to take climate change and climate justice seriously at the upcoming meetings in [...]
the regina mom: Yet another on the fringes
September 24, 2009 by thereginamom
Apparently — and this, according to video footage of our Prime Minister — if you are a woman you are a member of one of those “left-wing fringe groups.” Who knew? Watch the abbreviated version of Harper’s statement below (or catch the full meal deal here).
Antonia Zerbisias, a columnist at the Toronto Star, immediately took [...]
the regina mom: TRM @ Vertigo
September 21, 2009 by thereginamom
Well, in case you somehow escaped my email and Facebook messaging, here’s notice that I’ll be giving a public reading at the autumn opener of the Vertigo Reading Series. Come out on Monday, September 28 to hear a Saskatchewan quartet of writers — Sheri Benning, Randy Lundy, David Sealy and me — share our [...]
the regina mom: That’s m’girl!
September 18, 2009 by thereginamom
In the centre, at the Speaker’s left hand, a pony-tail in her hair, is my daughter as she serves the Parliament of Canada as a Page. Wow! It’s really for real!
A screen capture from the CPAC website.
the regina mom: Going Green Begins @ Home
September 8, 2009 by thereginamom
I got the first-born moved into residence at the University of Ottawa. The husband is back to work. The second-born is back to school. The leaves are changing their colour. The rodents are eating my garden. And I’m revelling in some time at home all by myself!
Instead of using my time to rant, I [...]
the regina mom: We have become so accustomed
August 8, 2009 by thereginamom
Word.
We have become so accustomed to living in a society saturated with misogyny that the barbaric treatment of women and girls has come to be more or less expected.
We profess to being shocked at one or another of these outlandish crimes, but the shock wears off quickly in an environment in which the rape, murder [...]
the regina mom: Alice Walker on Encountering the Horror
July 23, 2009 by thereginamom
From the Voices Education Project
Alice Walker is one of my favourite American poets and political activists. She is, I believe, a role model for all poets and all citizens of the world. In her recent essay, OVERCOMING SPEECHLESSNESS: A Poet Encounters “the horror” in Rwanda, Eastern Congo and Palestine/Israel,” she details the horrors [...]
the regina mom: UDP: Saskatchewan’s biggest scam
July 21, 2009 by thereginamom
Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall, is attempting to pull off the biggest scam in the province’s history. He called together a cabal of his cronies, an all-male group posing as a panel of experts, and named them the Uranium Development Partnership. Their report, “Capturing the full potential of the uranium value chain in Saskatchewan” is, quite [...]
the regina mom: Happy Birthday, Prairie Lilies!
March 28, 2009 by thereginamom
A version of this article was published in Canadian Dimension Volume 43, Number 2. Feel free to leave your greetings in the comments section, below.
Happy Birthday, Prairie Lilies!
by Bernadette L. Wagner
Last year, in celebration of International Women’s Day, the Canadian Labour Congress and a collection of Saskatchewan’s labour organizations hosted an Equality Dinner in Regina. [...]
the regina mom: Is the PM losing control?
March 21, 2009 by thereginamom
There is so much weirdness going on in federal politics this week, I have to wonder if Mr. Harper is losing control of his rightwing radicals. Or, perhaps he’s under pressure to give those radicals more voice and has allowed these things to occur to appease that faction of his party, to hold his rightwing [...]
the regina mom: ACTION: Save Crown land that is native grassland!
March 17, 2009 by thereginamom
Trevor Herriot, a writer, birder, naturalist and friend, has asked us to take action in order to save Saskatchewan’s native grasslands, especially the millions of acres protected by the Wildlife Habitat Protection Act. Here’s why:
Last fall the Government of Saskatchewan announced a program to sell 1.6 million acres of Crown land (an area equal in [...]
the regina mom: Do both Harper and Iggy hate women?
March 16, 2009 by thereginamom
Well, we know the Harper hates women. But Iggy, too?
Let’s see. Iggy supported Harper’s budget which saw a continuation of Harper’s attack on women. And Iggy encouraged the Senate to push it through even though Senators had problems with it. And Iggy’s done nothing to appease women since taking the helm of [...]
the regina mom: Criticism of Israel is legitimate. Michael Ignatieff told me so.
March 16, 2009 by thereginamom
Apparently both the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star refused to publish the following statement. I’m joining other bloggers who don’t think that should be allowed to stand.
Over 150 Jewish Canadians signed a statement expressing their concerns about the campaign to suppress criticism of Israel that is being carried on within Canada. The signatories [...]
the regina mom: Iggy the Idiot, Part II
March 5, 2009 by thereginamom
Oy! I just finish noting Ignatieff’s idiocy and find out he’s up to more of it! What is wrong with this man? Does he now have an idjit writing his opinion pieces? Oh, wait! Lack of logic and poor argument are standard fare for Iggy.
His clever wordplay doesn’t disguise a poor grasp of the facts. [...]
