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Commentary Alexa Mcdonough Commentary Alexa McDonough Back in 1974 when Muriel Duckworth than men for why children get their homework ran for the Nova Scotia legislature, I was relatively done or not." new to the NDP [New Democratic Party]. This [I owe so much to] one woman wbo fought surprises some people because my parents went to a really hard over a long period of time to break CCF [Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, the down harriers, to build structures. Rosemary Brown federal predecessor of the NDP] convention on bad tbe guts to run for the fed eral leadership of the their honeymoon in 1939, setting a very definite NDP in 1975 and came in a strong second against pattern in their lives together. But I became rive other candidates. Tbat really changed people's inspired by the Trudeaumania of the late 60s. I perceptions about what is possible. Rosemary never actually joined the Liberal Party, but I Brown was a huge influence on my decision to run. worked for it. There was no electoral presence of She was pushing and pushing me to run federally the NDP in Nova Scotia at that time, federally or in 1979 and I said, "I can't do tbat, Rosemary; I provincially. I wrote the social policy platform for have two small children." She said, "That is not a tbe Liberal Party in Nova Scotia in 1970. By 1972, good enough excuse; I had three when I ran." I I had left the party in a rage, with two driving said, "I can't run against my husband's Tory law passions for the political pursuit of social justice: partner," and she said, "Why not? I ran against my women's employment opportunities and working husband's Liberal medical partner." I said, "I don't conditions, and childcare. Both these issues were in know enough; I am not ready." Sbe said "Don't you the 1970 platform, and by 1972 tbey hadn't done a dare say tbat. I ran in an urban community where thing about either one. So I started demonstrating there is almost no Black population, so don't use on the steps of the Legislature with other women that excuse. You are thirty-fi ve and have lived here who, by 1972, were concerned about those issues. all your life. What other excuses bave you got?" My first bid for public office was in the "Okay, all right, I give up; I'll run." Compared to 1979 federal election, and again in 1980, without a Rosemary, I had a free ride. nope in hell of getting elected. The previous I have spent my years in politics often all-time high NDP vote in Halifax had been nine haunted by the question: if you are really in favour percent. There was quite a gap to close and, of electing more women, why do you run against frankly, had I imagined that I would have been political parties that will have, not just the elected when I ran federally in 1979, I would not potential, hut the actual results of electing more have had the courage to run. I had two children, women? And why do you ever run yourself or run aged seven and nine, and that would have been women candidates against other women, especially considered to be a horrendously irresponsible tbing wben those other women may be incumbents or for a woman, witb children that age, to do - to run more likely to win than yourself or any other and get elected to federal parliament and abandon women that you have persuaded to run for tbe my children. That attitude pursued my children NDP? The way tbat I answer that question for through most of their years in school. I remember myself and the way I try to discuss it with other my son coming home in grade five, just furious at women that are struggling with tbat decision is his teacher. He said to me [spoofing the teacher], this: I actually don't believe that electing women to "Funny that you don't bave your homework done essentially conservative political parties changes again, I saw that your mother was off at that NDP very much for women. Wlien we think about convention in Winnipeg." And he said, "Imagine somebody wKo is working to advance a better life her trying to blame you; it was my fault tbat I did for women, we're not thinking about the women, by not have my homework done." I thought, "Yes, that and large, who run for those conservative parties - is why women should enter the world of work as the Liberal party, tbe Conservative party, the men do. Women should be no more responsible Alliance party. The Bloc [Quebecois] is tbe exception in the federal arena; they are more It is clear to me that having more women feminist, more activist, more inclusive, and more in my caucus made the men more feminist and committed to bringing about change. more sensitive to women's issues. But, in the end, I will say without hesitation that, in my it seems to me that attitude is only part of what we own experience, women do have a kind of look at if we are really serious about change for humanising, a feminising, a civilising effect within women. We have to look at who controls the those political parties. But I would also have to say decision-making, and which political parties it that, whether it is opening the doors to the affects. We could make a long list of the priorities corridors of power or improving life for visible that concern women most, but two priorities right minority groups or the poor, my male colleagues in up there would be issues of peace and issues of the NDP caucus were not only far more committed poverty, if one looks at who really controls the to advancing those changes, but were actually decisions that get made in the conservative parties, working with more perspective on how to bring it is some combination of the corporate elite and about those changes, if we could actually increase the military-industrial complex. That may seem our power. That was true of the men in my tiny provocative but we have just been watching that little caucus provincially over the years and also combination played out on the world stage. true in my six years with two respective caucuses Surely the issue is, what are the results at federally. It's also absolutely true that when my the end of the day? It is difficult to make caucus in the House of Commons was almost equal comparisons with the United States because there numbers of men and women after the 1997 is not a social-democratic party there. But doesn't it election, the commitment of the male members of just help to underscore the fact that it is an illusion my caucus to advancing women's interests was of change in a way? strengthened. I will never forget how thrilled I was Let me shift to another example altogether when we assembled for the first time as a caucus, - Sweden. Ten years ago, the child poverty rates in with sixteen new members elected of which eight Sweden and Canada were the same, nineteen were men and eight were women. The fact that the percent I think, and the governing parties of both incumbents re-elected were all men tipped us away countries had run on platforms to eliminate child from being a 50/50 caucus. But I realised what a poverty. Canada's parliament unanimously resolved difference it was going to make to have eight to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000, women in that caucus of twenty-one members. supporting a motion from Ed Broadbent on his last We sat around the table and talked about day in the House. Ten years later, what do we have why they were there and what they wanted to to snow for it? We' ve got 18.5 percent of children achieve and it was absolutely thrilling to realise in Canada living in poverty and two percent in how clear the women were. Most had come through Sweden. Well, you might say that Sweden has had the women's movement in one way or another; half more women elected, so didn't more women lead to of them were trade union women, whose trade a serious commitment to eliminate child poverty? union activism had to do with advancing equality Didn't more women in parliament account for a issues and improving working conditions for stronger peace mandate [there]? I would argue for a women. Several of those men in the new caucus hell of a lot more women, but in social-democratic had small children at home. They also were parties, because when you put the two together, you feminist, so the challenge for the men and women actually get men that will support the same thing in my caucus was to balance family life, to try not and then you really get change. Oversimplification to fall prey to extreme gender division of labour. perhaps, but that is what years of experience in My mind was boggling because in addition, two of political life have persuaded me. my women caucus colleagues each have children at You are going to think I am such a major home who are very severely challenged, one partisan when I say this (and I am glad there are mentally challenged and another with both other partisans that will present a different point of cognitive difficulties and severe emotional view) but the 1993-1997 period was just horrible problems.
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