April 2011

Who Will Vote for the Children?

April 30, 2011




In Canada you need to be 18 years old to vote, but more than 1/5 of our population is below that age. Who will vote with their interests in mind in this election? Will their parents do so? Some of them may, but unfortunately voter turnout in Canada is only about 57% among eligible voters [...]

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The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

April 27, 2011




You may recognize those blue eyes from the blog header. She’s grown a bit since then, but the blue eyes and the messy face remain. Pass the facecloth please.

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My Election Strategy: Engage Passionately, Invest Strategically, Vote Tactically

April 26, 2011




I’m sitting in the dark in my basement typing on my laptop. The power is out and my blackberry battery is dead, which means that all contact with the outside world has been cut off for now. No CBC news, no #momthevote discussions on twitter, no reading and responding to comments on my latest Care2 [...]

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Conservative Party (CPC): Family, Parenting and Women’s Issues

April 23, 2011




This week, I’ll be posting highlights from the platforms of Canada’s five major political parties, focusing on their policies and promises with regards to family, parenting and women’s issues. I am going to try (but do not promise!) to simply report on or summarize what they have promised, rather than providing colour commentary in my [...]

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Bloc Quebecois (BQ): Family, Parenting and Women’s Issues

April 22, 2011




This week, I’ll be posting highlights from the platforms of Canada’s five major political parties, focusing on their policies and promises with regards to family, parenting and women’s issues. I am going to try (but do not promise!) to simply report on or summarize what they have promised, rather than providing colour commentary in my [...]

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Liberal Party (LPC): Family, Parenting and Women’s Issues

April 21, 2011




This week, I’ll be posting highlights from the platforms of Canada’s five major political parties, focusing on their policies and promises with regards to family, parenting and women’s issues. I am going to try (but do not promise!) to simply report on or summarize what they have promised, rather than providing colour commentary in my [...]

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Green Party (GPC): Family, Parenting and Women’s Issues

April 20, 2011




This week, I’ll be posting highlights from the platforms of Canada’s five major political parties, focusing on their policies and promises with regards to family, parenting and women’s issues. I am going to try (but do not promise!) to simply report on or summarize what they have promised, rather than providing colour commentary in my [...]

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New Democratic Party (NDP): Family, Parenting and Women’s Issues

April 19, 2011




This week, I’ll be posting highlights from the platforms of Canada’s five major political parties, focusing on their policies and promises with regards to family, parenting and women’s issues. I am going to try (but do not promise!) to simply report on or summarize what they have promised, rather than providing colour commentary in my [...]

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“Do you like you?”

April 18, 2011




“Do you like me?” she asks, showing off her new dress and necklace and smiling at herself in the mirror. Of course I do. My answer to that question is always positive. You look lovely. That dress makes your eyes sparkle. You look like a flower. But also, I ask, “Do you like yourself?“. Yes, [...]

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Flowers and Butterflies: A Birthday Cake

April 14, 2011




One special tradition in our family is that I always bake and decorate a cake for our kids’ birthday parties. On the morning of their party, they go out somewhere with Daddy while I prepare the house for the party and decorate the cake. I’m not an expert with icing by any stretch of the [...]

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