A Reactionary Heritage Moment

Bev Oda has an interesting excuse as to why Canadian women shouldn't suffer from the closure of 3/4 of Status of Women Canada's offices:

(Oda) also said women in regions will be able to get service from office of the Canadian Heritage Department.

Now, a plan to make the advancement of women's issues a subcategory of "heritage" rather than an ongoing concern is perhaps an entirely appropriate conclusion for the Cons given their apparent plan to relegate SWC and its mandate to the dustbin of history. But for those who don't think that the concept of equality should be left in the past, the move only highlights just how much contempt the Cons have for the actual needs of Canadian women. And that will give voters plenty of reason to make sure the Cons' stay in power is itself put behind us before too long.