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McDonald’s Canada’s All-Access Moms

June 22, 2011




Have you heard about the partnership between McDonald’s Canada and CityLine (a Canadian daytime television show targeted at women)?  They are working together to provide a FABULOUS opportunity for Canadian mom bloggers called McDonald’s All-Access Moms, where real moms get to “go behind the Golden Arches.” Apparently all the cool mom bloggers in Canada got [...]

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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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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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Canada Votes: Which issues are important to YOUR family?

March 25, 2011




Canadian Parliament made history today. It was the first time that a government has ever been defeated because it was deemed to be in contempt of Parliament.  This brings Stephen Harper’s Conservative government to an end thrusts Canadian citizens into a Spring election. During our last election, I scoured through the platforms of each political [...]

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“Because breastfeeding isn’t always easy, we’re here to help” — La Leche League Canada

February 7, 2011




Do you remember back in the summer when I donated $400 towards a La Leche League Canada campaign starring Canadian actor Sitara Hewitt from Little Mosque on the Prairie? Well that PSA has been released. For more information on the video and to find out how you can help La Leche League Canada spread the [...]

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