The Alternative Report issued in response to the federal government's report on women's progress in Canada 15 years after the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is a refreshing counterpoint to the Harper government's manipulation of the facts.
The Alternative Report will be submitted by women's groups at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York in March. The commission will discuss progress on women's rights made by world governments including Canada since 1995.
The Government of Canada should hang its head in shame. In 2006, Canada was ranked number 14 out of 150 countries (90 per cent of the world's population) by the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index. It now ranks number 31.
