“”… it isn’t really high on our radar, to be honest.”
–Stephen Harper
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1. In 2007, Mr. Harper rejected a national childcare program which would have helped women to fully participate in the workforce and boost the Canadian economy.
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2. Mr. Harper refused to call an inquiry into the 1181 documented murdered and missing Indigenous Canadian women. Mr. Harper had stated that it “isn’t really high on our radar.”
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3. 75% of the Status of Women offices were shut down by Harper in 2006 (12 of 16 offices) and $5 million cut from its budget.
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4. In 2006, Mr. Harper cut the Court Challenges Program (CCP), which helped mostly women, challenge discriminatory government legislation. In 2008, the program was partially restored but only to assist language rights cases.
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5. Mr. Harper’s child-care plan pays $160 a month per child under six, but it comes with additional costs. To pay for the new child care plan, Mr. Harper got rid of the $249 per year young-child supplement.
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6. The Conservatives eliminated funding to six different women’s health organizations.
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7. Despite the recommendations of the federal Pay Equity Task Force, Mr. Harper refused to adopt a proactive pay equity law, which would allow the Canadian Human Rights Commission to rule on pay equity complaints.
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8. Human Rights Watch criticises Mr. Harper’s for the inadequate investigation of RCMP abuses of Aboriginal women. By telling victims of repeated police violence to report abuses to the RCMP, Mr. Harper ignored victims’ fears of retaliation.
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9. Mr. Harper cut funding to the Canadian human rights agency International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights & Democracy), ending international projects that primarily assisted women.
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