Tory senator to women's groups: Shut up

Conservative Senator Nancy Ruth told a meeting of international women's equality rights groups Monday morning that it would be best for them to "shut the f--k up" about their concerns over the government's maternal health initiative.

Ruth sponsored the meeting on Parliament Hill, in which groups such as the Association for Women's Rights in Development, Action Aid International and Action Canada for Population and Development participated in a panel discussion questioning Canada's leadership in the promotion of gender equality and women's rights.

With the recent controversy about the government's plans to omit funding for abortion from its maternal health policy for developing countries, the panelists said it was an issue they couldn't ignore.

However, during the question and answer period, Ruth advised the room that pushing the abortion issue was not the right strategy if they really wanted progress on the maternal health issue. Her comments were caught on tape by the Toronto Star.

http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/05/03/abortion-maternal.html?ref=rss#ixzz0nGwr2JJt

I know there is something in the water... but this is crazy.

Damn, I hate ferret boy and his cronies. He's acting as though he has a majority, and if he keeps proroguing parliament every time he gets into a snit, he'll get away with it.

I am so tired of this crap.