When Carney's first cabinet did not have a Minister for WAGE, my colleagues & I sounded the alarm that it was a huge 🚩; that he doesn't understand the importance of having gender based analysis.

Partisans called us hysterical.

Well, now we're looking at an 81% (!!!) budget cut.

So many of you were quick to paint me as a hysterical overreactor but my concern is shared by the broader women's & labour movements in Canada.

Numerous Groups like CRIAW, Action Canada, Women's Shelters Canada, CUPE, Canadian Women's Foundation & others protested the decision while at the UN. ⬇️

It is unacceptable that the new Canadian Prime Minister has eliminated the position of Minister for Women and Gender Equality in his newly announced cabinet. We unite with our allies in a joint news release demanding real leadership on gender equality.
Full release: ofl.ca/joint-news-r...
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Read our declaration about the removal of the Women, Gender Equality and Youth Minister position in the new federal cabinet.
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Lisez notre déclaration sur l’abolition du poste de ministre des Femmes, de l’Égalité des genres et de la Jeunesse au sein du nouveau cabinet fédéral.

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

All these articles about Democrats moaning over their messaging issues make me tired.

You know what's more important than messaging? ACTION.

Don't TALK about the price of eggs.

Tell people "MEET US IN THE PARK - WE'RE GIVING OUT FREE EGGS. THAT'S RIGHT - FREE EGGS FROM THE DEMOCRATS!"

We are not powerless in the face of rising hate and harassment.

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The Fifth Estate is reporting on how anti-2SLGBTQ+ sentiment is affecting Canadian libraries and - something I'm so glad they looked into - how it's connected to attacks on libraries in the United States. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

Like many, I'm anticipating that the Trump gag rule will drop soon, if not today. This is a deeply destructive policy that is responsible for increasing maternal mortality and reducing access to contraceptives and other sexual and reproductive health care.

Hard to overstate just how much of the tech industry’s horrifically dystopian present grew right out of its transparently misogynistic past