Monday, March 2, 2009

What you can do...

The rallies were a success, national media coverage was had, but it's not over yet.

Liberal MP Geoff Regan was quoted by CTV as saying "We misguided our fire". Because the conservative government put forward this bill (C-10) we know that they will not help to remove the offensive aspects of that bill (Pay Equity, Wage Roll Backs and strengthen EI), the NDP put forward an amendment to take those things out of the bill so they support us in our fight, the Bloc as well support us to have these things removed from the budget so who does that leave?

The Liberal Government. So I dare say our "fire" was not misdirected. We are concentrating our efforts on the Liberal MP's because that is who is left to help fight this fight for us in the House of Commons.

The other quote that stood out for me in the CTV interview was how Mr. Regan said the Liberals would reverse the changes when they got into power. How is this leadership? I can't wrap my brain around it.

They have the opportunity now to removed these 3 things from the budget, yet they don't want to because they are not ready for an election. Neither are we, but this is a chance we must take.

To throw a woman's right to fair and equal pay under the bus, to take money away from workers who will be putting it back into the economy, to support weakening of EI, make it harder for those who are losing their jobs now to find means to live.

I dare say this is not showing us leadership at all. How can we trust the liberals when it comes down to an election if they do not support us in our time of need?

As a citizen of Canada, a woman, a mother of two daughters I demand more from my elected MPs. So continue to write, call , email and fax your Liberal MPs, the senators. Keep these important issues at the forefront of their thoughts. We want these things removed from bill C-10.

Fight for Women's Pay Equity.

Fight for a better Employment Insurance program.

Fight for a stop to wage roll backs and preserve the right to free collective bargaining.

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