Sep 15 2014 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — The world has changed since June when the House of Commons rose for the summer. In response to the dramatic displacement crisis in Iraq, the UN declared its fourth level-three humanitarian crisis. The violence with which the Islamic State is terrorizing civilians is heart wrenching. The food security crisis in South Sudan has worsened and […]
Aug 19 2014 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — August 19th marks World Humanitarian Day, a time to recognize those who face danger and adversity in order to help others, as well as to highlight grave humanitarian crises in the world, and the urgent need for Canada to do more. Currently, there are four countries in the world that share a Level 3 emergency […]
Aug 15 2014 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — The Government’s Office of Religious Freedom has met with skepticism since its conception. Critics highlighted that the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFATD) had its budget severely cut, questioned what a $5-million office could accomplish, and charged that it would be merely a “press-release-generation project” for the Conservatives’, and that it would have […]
Aug 1 2014 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — Although South Sudan President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar have signed three peace agreements, citizens continue to be threatened; and in addition to the ongoing conflict, they face an acute humanitarian crisis and a chronic food and security problem. Since December 15th, 2013, over 10,000 people have been killed and 1.5 million […]
Nov 10 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — It is hard to believe that as I left for graduate school, one of my aunts bitterly complained, “Why do you need all this education, your parents are wasting their money, and what boy will ever want to marry you, a girl taking science, really!” On the other hand, my grandmother, who had a grade-eight […]
Nov 8 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — In the post-war era, Canada, a founding member of the United Nations (UN), became a leading force in peacekeeping and helped create key global institutions, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization. Multilateralism mattered to Canada, and Canada mattered to the world. Canada’s leadership was symbolized by the 1969 report […]
Oct 22 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — After a much awaited briefing with the officials of Status of Women Canada, I was shocked to learn its total budget is a meager $29.6 million to address the challenges of over fifty percent of the population, only four offices serve the needs of women across the country, and “commemorative dates for women are an […]
Oct 18 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — October 18th marks Persons Day in celebration of Canada’s Famous Five— Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby—who asked the Supreme Court of Canada in 1927 to answer the question: does the word “person” in the British North American Act include female persons? When given the wrong answer, the Famous […]
Oct 11 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — October 11th marks the International Day of the Girl Child, and on its second observance, this is what I wish for girls in Canada: that they know the feeling of safety, a warm bed, and a roof over their heads, that they have enough food so they never have to go to school hungry, and […]
Oct 8 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — I tabled a Private Member’s motion, which was put on the order paper of the House of Commons on November 23rd, 2011, that calls on the government to: immediately initiate discussions with the provincial and territorial ministers responsible for agriculture, education and health; develop a comprehensive pan-Canadian school nutrition initiative; and fully fund on-reserve aboriginal […]
Sep 16 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — Despite the great strides made by women in Canada over the past decades, women’s rights are marginalized and ignored by the Conservative government. Women earn roughly twenty percent less than men, face barriers to employment, strive to break through the “glass ceiling”, and suffer the violence affecting one third of all women in Canada. Canadians […]
Aug 14 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — Today there is strong and widespread concern amongst the public, amongst international and national organizations–and certainly amongst environmentalists–that the Conservative Party does not care about the environment and sustainable development…
Jul 27 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — Since 2006, almost fifty young Somali-Canadian men have died violently, largely in Alberta and Ontario. Many of the killings remain unsolved. In 2012, alone, six of 33 Toronto shooting homicides took the lives of Somali-Canadian men, who were killed between June and October.
Jul 9 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — National Newswatch — By Kirsty Duncan, M.P. | July 09, 2013 Climate change is no longer about distant lands and future generations, but rather it is personal, about families we know, cities we live in, the schools we attend, and the pets we love. Eight-month old “Momo” the cat captured international attention swimming to safety during the devastating Calgary flood, […]
Jul 9 2013 — Kirsty Duncan, M.P. — Climate change is no longer about distant lands and future generations, but rather it is personal, about families we know, cities we live in, the schools we attend, and the pets we love. Eight-month old “Momo” the cat captured international attention swimming…