Quebec

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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Se couvrir : un enjeu féministe

March 8, 2011




First in English, then in Spanish, and now in French! (en français).  Many thanks to reader Catherine Leclerc for the translation from English into French. I’ve personally spent a lot of time in Quebec and France as a breastfeeding mother. In France, I always felt like I stood out and was being stared at when I [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Chutes Coulonge Kids Aerial Park

September 8, 2009




A few weeks ago my husband took the kids to the waterfalls and aerial park at Chutes Coulonge in Fort Coulonge, Quebec (easy day trip from Ottawa). Here are some pics from the little kids obstacle park and the waterfalls. Want more fun in and around Ottawa? Check out: Mud Lake @ DaniGirl.ca Upper Canada [...]

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Pauline Marois: Profile of a feminist, mother, and leader of social change

October 30, 2008




Elections, elections, elections. We just had the Canadian one, the American one is coming up next week, and then not too long after that we are expecting to go to the polls here in Quebec to elect our next provincial government. This one will be tougher for me. I need to choose between a lackluster [...]

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