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applegrove

(118,006 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:03 PM Jun 2014

Peter MacKay lauds moms for changing diapers, dads for moulding minds in holiday messages

Peter MacKay lauds moms for changing diapers, dads for moulding minds in holiday messages

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The Mother's Day email congratulates "colleagues" who have "two full-time jobs: as hardworking department of justice employees during business hours, and as dedicated moms and caregivers around the clock."

Especially as he is now the father of an active toddler, MacKay wrote, he could understand, "By the time many of you have arrived at the office in the morning, you’ve already changed diapers, packed lunches, run after school buses, dropped kids off at daycare, taken care of an aging loved one and maybe even thought about dinner."

The Father's Day email had a different tone. In the message, MacKay praises male staff who are "dedicated fathers" and lauds them for "shaping the minds and futures of the next generation of leaders." The words "mould," "teach" and "guide" were employed to illustrate fathers' influence on their children.




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Peter MacKay lauds moms for changing diapers, dads for moulding minds in holiday messages (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2014 OP
Sexism Much? applegrove Jun 2014 #1
I know right? laundry_queen Jun 2014 #4
And he has a young toddler at home. Makes you think he applegrove Jun 2014 #6
isn't the word "mould" mispelled? VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #2
In Canada we spell some things like the English do laundry_queen Jun 2014 #5
Its not really news though, is it? arikara Jun 2014 #3

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
4. I know right?
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:29 PM
Jun 2014

seeing as this is his second stupid gaffe about this topic, clearly it's something that he really thinks/believes. You know it's bad when the conservative pundit on tv is shaking her head at him.

applegrove

(118,006 posts)
6. And he has a young toddler at home. Makes you think he
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:33 PM
Jun 2014

is in a marriage with very traditional roles. Maybe he is overwhelmed by parental responsibility and is projecting. God only knows.

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
5. In Canada we spell some things like the English do
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:34 PM
Jun 2014

Lots of additional Us like in neighbour, favour, colour etc

Here's a cool website that shows some popular spellings between the UK, Canada and the US.

http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm

arikara

(5,562 posts)
3. Its not really news though, is it?
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 02:04 AM
Jun 2014

Just another typical conservative dick head doing what they do best.

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