Posted on 10/02/2001 8:46:40 PM PDT by shamus11
Sunera Thobani is a women’s study professor at the University of British Columbia. On Monday October 1st, 2001 almost 3 weeks after the New York terrorist tragedy, she spoke to a conference of feminist activists in Ottawa. She is the former president of this group, the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. They cheered when she said that US foreign policy was “soaked in blood”. She said the United States is “the most dangerous and powerful global force unleashing horrific levels of violence….” The sympathetic Ottawa Liberal government contributed $80,000.00 for this three-day conference. Liberal MP Hedy Fry, Federal Secretary of State for the Status of Women, Minister of Multiculturalism was present and sat on the podium with Sunera Thobani. The connection between the Liberals and these special-interest groups was on display – another graphic illustration of a locked down pocket of Liberal votes. Joe Clark, Tory Leader, described Hedy Fry as a, “continuing running embarrassment to the government and the country.” Hedy Fry only recently returned from the UN conference on racism in Durban S. Africa. She stayed at that conference despite the anti-American and anti Israeli rhetoric, which caused both these delegates to walk out. Hedy stayed until the bitter end. Those at the conference attempted to extort $Billions from the US because of historical slavery. The conference ended on September 7th, 2001 and 4 days later, on September 11th, 2001 the New York terrorist incident occurred. There is no doubt that the terrorists are dangerous but these activist feminists may be just as devious, anti-American and therefore just as dangerous. It is almost incalculable the hurt and the damage that they may cause especially with the naive Liberals on their side.
Agreed. The leftist are dangerous. Look at the damage they've done to the world already.
I think these "ladies" are bitter because they just can't get themselves a man. Their sexual frustration makes them resort to evil, and the lust for power to teach the men a lesson.
In my opinion, I don't blame the men one bit.
Praise the guys for being so wise!
These bitches need to get a little. That should calm them down a bit.
This is a joke, right? These offices and ministries don't really exist. Right?
Give her a wide berth for a week, and then she should be manageable for another 3 weeks.
Is she teaching at UBC or Simon Fraser? (I've read both.)
Where did she get her degree(s)?
Is she a product of Canada's education system?
Sept. 28, 1998
Burnaby resident
Changes to national immigration and social security policies are destroying gains made by immigrant women in recent years to become part of the Canadian mosaic, says Sunera Thobani.
Thobani, former president of the National Action Committee on the status of women and an outspoken activist on women's issues, spent two years researching the effects of the federal government's 1994 immigration policy and social security policy reviews for her PhD thesis in sociology at Simon Fraser University. She receives her degree on Oct. 2 (morning ceremony).
Thobani found that instead of breaking down racial barriers, resulting policy changes are increasing racial intolerance and shifting the blame for Canada's deteriorating economic conditions onto immigrants.
That means three decades of increased immigration and access to citizenship for third world women into Canada is coming to an end, Thobani claims. "Instead of transforming the racialization of the nation and citizenship, these changes are creating the conditions for closing the ranks of the nation against immigrant women into the 21st century," she says.
Thobani found the reviews legitimize the state's role as the 'protector' of the nation, seeking to nationalize Canadians into the restructuring of Canadian society. "Further, the policy changes will strengthen this role by shifting responsibility for the erosion of social programs away from the state and onto immigrant women. This won't 'solve' the problems of deteriorating social programs; it will further exacerbate them."
Thobani also believes proposed amendments to the Citizenship Act would bring about the repatriation of mothers of certain groups of children, and help maintain migrant laborers as a permanent component of the labor force.
"As a woman of color and an immigrant, the organization of racism in society and how it's sanctioned by the state continues to be of great concern to me," says Thobani.
Thobani's advocacy is far-reaching. Her many involvements include representing NAC at the first International Women's Conference on APEC in Manila and helping organize last year's conference in Vancouver. She's also participated in international conferences in China and Vienna, worked with women's movements in other countries, including Bangladesh, and served as a pre-election observer in the first South African election.
Thobani has also spent the past two years as the Ruth Wynn Woodward chair in women's studies and was recently re-appointed for another two-year term. She teaches courses on race, class and gender relations, violence against women, women and colonialism, and citizenship and globalization.
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