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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak before the Canadian Parliament, at the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, about the importance of investing in women as a global development strategy. Canada is gearing up to host the G8/G20 Summits in just a few weeks, where leaders will...
The Harper government likely isn't concerned its recent moves to pacify the religious right are turning off more socially liberal Canadians, because with increasingly low voter turnout on election day the key to success is mobilizing the base and fighting the best campaign, say observers.
Prime...
L'Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI), principale responsable de l'aide au développement versée à l'étranger, comptait bel et bien l'avortement parmi les mesures qu'elle estimait nécessaires afin d'atteindre les objectifs que prévoit promouvoir Ottawa auprès de ses partenaires...
OTTAWA - The Harper government turned its back on advice from its own civil servants when it excluded abortion funding in its G8 maternal- and child-health initiative, The Canadian Press has learned.
Briefing notes prepared in January by the Canadian International Development Agency for...
When Senator Nancy Ruth warned women’s groups to “shut the f--k up” or face reprisals from Prime Minister Stephen Harper, she was referring to his refusal to include abortion rights in his G8 maternal health initiative.
But she might also have been referring to groups right here at home that have...
Ottawa — Le premier ministre Stephen Harper est furieux contre son député manitobain Rob Bruinooge. Il votera contre son projet de loi C-510 criminalisant le fait de contraindre une femme à se faire avorter.
Selon nos informations, le premier ministre en veut terriblement à son député. Il aurait...
A third of Canadians want the abortion debate reopened -- but a far greater number want politicians to leave the explosive issue alone and are satisfied with the status quo, according to a poll released Friday.
Forty-six per cent of those surveyed said the federal government should "leave things as...
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A new abortion law for Canada just isn't in the cards, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday as the issue continues to bubble and backbench Conservatives press for new legislation.
Harper's statement came in response to a question about a private member's bill...
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper will vote against a private member's bill promoted by one of his own MPs that would add new Criminal Code penalties for those who coerce women to have an abortion.
A senior government official also says that while the prime minister will not "whip" or demand...
It took a while for Canada's abortion opponents to seize the opportunity Stephen Harper opened up, but what they lacked in speed, they made up in intemperance.
Several weeks after Harper said his government would not fund abortion services as part of Canada's G8 healthcare initiative for...
Call to Action: Maternal and Child Health at The G8 Summit -- please download the attached the complete official (Hansard) records of the entire debate and vote.
Sign Petition: Include funding for family planning and safe abortion in Canada’s G8 Maternal/Child Health Initiative
