Then why even mention it. It is a totally fair policy preference to support stable family units over unstable family units.
I mentioned it as it relates to re-entering the workforce, which can be necessitated by divorce. The policy encourages one parent to stay at home which decreases their opportunities should their current family dynamic fail, and could be a factor in forcing one parent to stay in a marriage that has become abusive. Universal child care doesn't have the same risks associated with it.
Edit: It's also not like divorce is the only way someone becomes a single parent.
I just realized that this is the first election, either federal or provincial where the PM/Premier is now younger than I am. It's a bit of a milestone for me I suppose, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. One more proof that I am turning into an old guy.
Tearful Stephen Harper boards spaceship for return to home planet
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Following Stephen Harper's emotional concession speech Monday night, hundreds of Conservative Party supporters claimed to have seen a massive blue object launching from Harper's home base of Calgary Heritage.
Many witnesses believe that the object was the personal spaceship of the former Prime Minister and that he had boarded the craft to return to his home planet following his loss to Justin Trudeau. Still other witnesses claimed they could make out the familiar "Canada's Economic Action Plan" logo emblazoned along the hull of the ship as it disappeared into the night sky.
No. There are issues that primary affect women.
That is, semantically, entirely different than referring to something as 'women's issues'.
Okay I think I follow what you're saying. Issues that primarily effect women should be issues to everyone as opposed to just reducing them to women's issues? Am I on the right track here?
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Okay I think I follow what you're saying. Issues that primarily effect women should be issues to everyone as opposed to just reducing them to women's issues? Am I on the right track here?
Exactly. I understand it's splitting hairs, a bit, but...
No, it's actually fair. Calling something a "woman's issue" tends to make a lot of people tune out instead of trying to be part of the solution.
I don't think people necessarily intend to, but to refer to violence against women, for example, as a women's issue is fundamentally wrong. If anything, it should be referred to as a men's issue.
That's just one example.
But that's semantics for the sake of nothing, we all knew what the topic was about and exactly what he meant. Womens issue or mens issue however you word it the problem doesn't change.
But that's semantics for the sake of nothing, we all knew what the topic was about and exactly what he meant. Womens issue or mens issue however you word it the problem doesn't change.
It changes it completely, because of how it is perceived.
Well I'd agree with a lot of his points on the pre harper Liberals, I was sick of them and was glad to see them leave power and get destroyed.
The question is what will this iteration of the Liberals be like, will they be truly progressive, will they just be slightly left of center and not much different than the conservatives. I'd like to think they will be a fair bit different from the pre 2002 Libs.
A friend sent me this last night. I want to know what you think of this guy's opinion
I don't even know what his opinion is besides he doesn't like Trudeau. What a smarmy self-righteous d-bag, I tried to watch the whole video but I just couldn't do it
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I don't even know what his opinion is besides he doesn't like Trudeau. What a smarmy self-righteous d-bag, I tried to watch the whole video but I just couldn't do it
Just look at all his other ones, insufferable guy.
Yeah, that was annoying. To be fair, their are annoying pundits on both sides. Like that Young Turks guy. While I generally agree with him, his style is grating. That whole "head explosion" thing he does doesn't help his points. Buddy, you're not John Stewart.
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