VANCOUVER—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to power describing himself as a feminist and unveiled Canada’s first gender-balanced cabinet. This week, at the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, he reflected on his role as a feminist leader. “There’s a lot of celebration here (at the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver) for Justin Trudeau as our prime minister. “I don’t think anything should come before the relationship with the Indigenous population and Indigenous women and girls.” Sharon McIvor Lifelong Indigenous women’s rights activist, lawyer, college instructor Grade: F Sharon McIvor has spent much of her life fighting for justice for Indigenous women. As it stands currently, Indigenous women can’t pass their status down to their descendants with the same ease as Indigenous men.

Source: thestar June 07, 2019 09:56 UTC