Alberta's opposition forces two top congressional leaders on women's issues to resign after awarding essays urging women to quit their jobs and focus on having babies. I'm looking for to accept more foreigners.
NDP commentator Raki Pancholi isJackie Armstrong-Homenek,United Conservative PartyDeputy Minister for Women in Government , State Department parliamentary secretary Jackie Lovely loses all credibility to advance the cause of women and must resign. I don't know if we can continue," Pancholi said at a press conference Thursday at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
``I don't know what kind of work they were doing. They are undermining and actively undermining the interests of women in this state.”
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Armstrong-Homeniuk is an MP for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville.
There was mounting public pressure on the Armstrong-Homenk office to reveal the names of the judges. Some have started issuing statements that they have not.
Late Wednesday night, Camrose member Lovely released a statement saying, "At the essay review board she can confirm that I am the only person outside the MLA." did.
"I regret that this essay has been selected. I apologize for my role in it," she said. “As a single mother who has pursued a variety of traditionally male-dominated careers, I have a deep understanding of the strengths and capabilities of women. As an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, I appreciate and appreciate the role of newcomers in the state and will continue to work to remove barriers to equity and prosperity.All For."
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Armstrong-Homeniuk subsequently declined an interview, but issued two statements stating that he did not support the sentiments of the essay.
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"The process has clearly failed. I apologize for my role in it," Armstrong-Homeniuk wrote on Tuesday. "It was my failure as chairman of the jury to choose this essay and give it the third prize." Pancholi said it prompted the question. If the judges say the essay shouldn't have won, why did they choose it?
"There is still no clear explanation as to what or why this happened," said Pancholi. said Mr.
This essay was part of a legislative contest titled "Her Vision Inspires" that asked a young woman to explore ways to make Alberta a better place.
Her two essays above suggest ways to involve more women, and the general public, in public life.
The third-place winner — identified solely as S. Silver — won her $200 prize to use in her shop at Legislative Gifts.
Silver's essay argues that mankind's dominant mission is to regenerate itself, but that Alberta has instead lost its way to pursuing "selfish and hedonistic goals."
The solution, she argues, is to admit that "women are not exactly the same as men."
She argued that society should celebrate and embrace women's fertility role, and that women should delay their prime fertility while they "take occupations traditionally dominated by men." I wrote that I should stop doing it.
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She argued that Alberta postponed births and instead "imported foreigners to The alternative is morbid psychology and cultural suicide."
Pancholi and other critics refer to Nazi Germany in the 1930s, where women spread the Aryan race. He cites for example when he was prompted to become a baby ship for
Her three female candidates for the United Conservative Party, who are aiming to succeed Jason Kenny as party leader and prime minister, have also criticized the award on Twitter.
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