election

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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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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It’s a sad day for Canada

October 14, 2008




It looks like the Conservatives are back in and with an even higher seat count than last time. Women’s rights, child care, poverty, culture, and the environment will be neglected even further. While I usually celebrate diversity in society, it makes me very sad that so many Canadians have once again demonstrated how selfish and [...]

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SAH or WOH? How can we stop restricting mothers’ choices?

October 9, 2008




A few weeks ago, I wrote about choice. I really think that the freedom to make choices is key in a democratic society. Just because we are able to vote in Canada, doesn’t mean that we have a true democracy (see Fair Vote Canada) and just because we theoretically have the right to choose in [...]

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Conservative Party – Parenting and Family Issues

October 8, 2008




This post describes some of the parenting and family related promises outlined in the Conservatives platform. It should be noted that much of their platform focuses on what they have already achieved, rather than what they promise to do. In this post, I will focus primarily on new promises that they are making (to keep [...]

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Canadian Election Family Issues Around the Blogosphere

October 7, 2008




Obviously I’m not the only one with thoughts on the issues. In addition to my own posts on the election, here are a few other blog posts that I’ve found on family and parenting issues in the Canadian election. Family Outing: Incredibly well written post by Ariel Troster on rabble.ca. I can’t say it better [...]

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Canadian Election Family Issues – Platforms and Commentary

October 3, 2008




For the next few weeks as we ride into the Canadian election, I am going to keep this post stickied to the top of the main page to act as an index to the posts on the election. I will add to it as new posts are published. To those not interested in the Canadian [...]

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Green Party – Parenting and Family Issues

October 3, 2008




This post describes some of the key parenting and family issues outlined in the Green Party’s vision and platform. Family Needs and Finances Committed to nurturing families and communities through integrated policies that focus on the welfare of the child, starting with prenatal nutrition all the way to affordable housing and accessible post secondary education. [...]

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NDP – Parenting and Family Issues

October 3, 2008




This post describes some of the key parenting and family issues outlined in the NDP platform for the 2008 election. Family Needs and Finances Introduce a Poverty Elimination Act to elimiate poverty in Canada by 2020, with initial targets of reducing child poverty by more than 50 percent and overall poverty by more than 35 [...]

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Liberal Party – Parenting and Family Issues

October 3, 2008




This post describes some of the key parenting and family issues outlined in the Liberal Party’s platform. Family Needs and Finances Cut lowest income tax rate to 13.5% from 15% and cut the middle class tax rate to 21% (down from 22%) and to 25 % (down from 26 %). These deductions will be paid [...]

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