🧵1/9 Though we were unsuccessful in Peterborough-Kawartha, I’m glad there will be a Liberal government in Ottawa.
Congratulations to Michelle Ferreri, our new MP. I wish her and her team well.
2/9 I also want to congratulate all of my fellow candidates for stepping up. Politics can be difficult, and your willingness to serve should be recognized and celebrated. As should the fact that four women represented the four main parties in Peterborough-Kawartha this election.
Aug 18, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
1/8 Tonight in Quebec, Erin O’Toole pretended to be pro-choice. He did the same thing in his platform. But in reality, he’ll let his team bring forward legislation to restrict abortion access. That’s the same position as Andrew Scheer.
2/8 To win the Conservative leadership race, Erin O’Toole courted social conservatives, some who’ve made it their life’s work to roll back women’s hard-won rights, including the right to choose. cbc.ca/news/politics/…
Aug 22, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@AndrewScheer, which part of your record that I’ve raised, exactly, shows a “problem with the truth”? Because I’d really like to know where you’re not comfortable being held accountable for your and your party’s record. globalnews.ca/news/5794581/a…
Is it the part where...:
❌Conservatives voted against the middle class tax cut?
❌ Conservatives voted against the EI parental sharing benefit?
❌Conservatives voted against extended EI maternity and parental benefits?
Or what about the part where...
May 16, 2019 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
📢 THREAD 📢⬇️
Anti-choice group @CampaignLife Coalition is actively working to take away women’s rights here in 🇨🇦, and they are doing so with help from @AndrewScheer’s Conservative MPs who attended their rally on Parliament Hill last week. Let’s see how the CLC rates them:
CLC rating for Harold Albrecht: Anti-choice, anti-women.
Would try to exclude abortion from the insured health services under the Canada Health Act:
May 10, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
📢THREAD 📢 ⬇️ #FeministFriday
Liberals believe that women – and women alone – have the right to choose what they do with their own bodies.
It’s something that we’ll always defend.
What’s becoming alarmingly clear is this – Conservatives can’t say the same. #StandForChoice
➡️Yesterday in Ottawa, Toronto, and all over social media, we saw a side of Conservatives that they often try to hide. MPP Sam Oosterhoff pledged to “make abortion unthinkable.”
Premier Ford failed to distance himself from the remarks. #StandForChoice
As Canada’s first Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Minister of International Development, I am proud of our gov’ts record on measures that advance gender equality at home and abroad. 🇨🇦🌎
So here’s a quick reminder of what we’ve done:
✔ After 150 years, 🇨🇦 now has a strategy to prevent and end gender-based violence. This means more support for survivors, creating a more responsive justice system, and improving efforts to prevent GBV in the first place. #FeministFriday
