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By: Mia Rabson

Posted: 11/15/2014 1:00 AM | Comments:

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The Liberals are pinning hopes on Justin Trudeau.

OTTAWA -- Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said he will ensure schools and child-welfare programs on reserves in Manitoba are no longer shortchanged by the federal government.

"I've already committed to achieving parity," Trudeau told the Free Press in a recent interview. "It's not just about levelling the playing field, it's about understanding what we're going to need to add to our workforce. We cannot just continue to shrug and allow them to be left out."

The pledge could stand out in a province where First Nations and Mtis people make up about one-sixth of the population and funding for education and child welfare on reserves has long been faulted for some of the serious social and economic problems plaguing Manitoba aboriginals.

Trudeau, like his counterparts, the NDP's Tom Mulcair, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, is in permanent-campaign mode. Speculation is rampant as to whether Harper will break with the fixed-date election law again and call the vote early but regardless, all parties know there will be an election at the latest in less than a year.

Trudeau said a fixed date doesn't make much difference to the preparations and said he knows what the election will be fought over.

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November 14, 2014|9:32 am

You'd think women would be sick of it by now, but day after day, liberals try to remind everyone in a passive-aggressive sort of way, no less that they own women.

Strong words, I know.

And yet, what else does it say when liberals cry on political ad after political ad that there is a war being waged on women in the U.S.? And that this war consists of little more than a partial lack of completely free birth control? Oh yesand of those who would like to stop mothers from hiring doctors to kill their unborn babies.

Liberals attempt to whip women into frenzy over these non-issues to buy their votes. (We see how well that worked this election.) They proclaim from the rooftops that women are "owed" free birth control as if it's the birthright of all women everywhere. They blatantly lie about pro-lifers, claiming that we don't see women as whole, equal, and unique people.

Very little that's claimed in the "war on women" rhetoric is accurate or helpful. The truth is that women do not need to claim their rights by spilling the blood of their innocent children. We are not "empowered" by walking over the bodies of our babies to obtain position and wealth and knowledge.

The truth is that abortion is violent, inhumane, uncivilized, and tragic. The truth is that ending abortion will bring equality to men, women, and children, instead of exalting women high above all other forms of human life. Women should be equal, absolutely. But we are not more deserving of rights and privileges than the rest of humanity.

We do not have the "right" to kill our children simply because we are women. Women's rights to privacy, autonomy, and the like have not earned us a "get out of jail free" card when it comes to ending the lives of our children.

And despite what liberals would have women believe, they do not own us. Here in the U.S., there is no war on women. Instead, it is our sisters in Iraq, Afghanistan, India, and China who truly suffer from a war on women. We find it disgusting and offensive when an employer who objects to paying for abortion or abortifacient birth control is put in the same category as those who gang rape, forcibly sterilize, stone, and dump acid on women around the world.

Thank you very much, liberals, but we women have intelligent brains, and you're not selling us on the message that America or conservatives are waging a war on us. Stop blabbing on about nonsense, and start talking about the real tragedies faced by women the world over.

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Battle lines have been drawn: Greens candidate for Melbourne Ellen Sandell says the Greens are ruling out supporting the Liberals. Photo: Jesse Marlow

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The Greens would seek an agreement with Labor to help form government in the event of a hung parliament, the party's Melbourne candidate has declared.

In a bid to clearly state the Greens' intentions before people begin voting on Monday at early voting centres, Greens candidate for Melbourne Ellen Sandell told The Age the party would either enter into a coalition government or a Adam Bandt-style agreement to offer the government support, with the latter more likely, in the event the Greens secured the balance of power.

Ms Sandell said it would be up to Labor about the type of agreement but wanted to make it clear that the Greens were"ruling out supporting the Liberals."

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"We want to be clear that a vote for the Greens will not help re-elect the Napthine government."

"We will seek an agreement with Labor for an effective, stable and progressive government that takes strong action on the big issues like public transport, climate change and education. It is what would be best for the future of Victoria," she said.

"We want a government that can stand up to Tony Abbott and his cruel cuts to hospitals and schools."

Last week Labor leader Daniel Andrews instructed the party to reject a preference deal request from the Greens that would have seen the Greens preference Labor second in all lower house seats, with a few exceptions, in exchange for preference flows in the upper house.

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Outgoing Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz says he is willing to help the federal Liberals in the next election if he can do something "without being on the ballot."

Ghiz surprised residents of P.E.I. and political watchers across the country on Thursday when he announced he would step down as premier and provincial Liberal leader as soon as his replacement can be chosen.

A leadership convention is expected sometime early in the new year.

His decision led to speculation that he stepped down in order to run for the federal Liberals in an election expected next October.

Ghiz, however, said Friday that he expects to help out the federal Liberals in some way, including working with Charlottetown MP Sean Casey, who served as his campaign manager when he ran for the provincial leadership in 2003.

"If there's something for me to do without being on the ballot, I'd be willing to help out," he told CTV's Canada AM on Friday.

He has spoken to New Brunswick Liberal MP Dominic Leblanc, a good friend, and expects to speak with Leader Justin Trudeau soon.

Ghiz, 40, cited several reasons for stepping down, including the fact that he has been an MLA for 12 years and became premier at age 33 in 2007.

"Thats a good career in politics," he said, adding that he is leaving his province and his party "in good shape" for a seamless transition too.

"Too often you see the transitions arent smooth," Ghiz said. "Whoever the next leader is, is left with perhaps a party that is in a bit of a shambles."

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