NDP and Green Party leaders Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May committed Wednesday to a debate on women’s issues organized by a coalition called Up For Debate. NDP and Green Party leaders committed Wednesday to a debate on women’s issues ahead of the 2019 election.
“Last election we had Up For Debate. I was ready. We’d all committed,” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May, noting key issues such as reproductive health, pay equity and child care. “These should not be even debatable issues in 2019,” she said. “I’m really thrilled to know that we have two party leaders here who are saying clearly, ‘We are up for debate. We’re not going anywhere.’”
The last leaders’ debate on gender equality was in 1984, according to Paulette Senior, President and CEO of Canadian Women’s Foundation, who spoke at the press conference in Ottawa. After the cancellation of the debate in 2015, the group instead shared pre-recorded“This debate is decades overdue,” she said. “While we are seeing extraordinary movement, awareness and calls for change, interest is no substitute for action.
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