Who wins this week? Columnists Laila Yuile and Kathryn Marshall battle over the issues of the day.
This week’s topic:
Are gender quotas in politics outdated?
Kathryn and I come from opposite ends of the political spectrum, but on rare occasion worlds collide and we actually agree on something. While it might surprise you, I think she’s right on the money when she states gender quotas are undemocratic, and I’ve been highly critical of the BC NDP’s own policies regarding gender equity in the past.
Kathryn makes a good point that in B.C. if a female NDP MLA retires, that spot must be filled with another female candidate. But what if the best candidate for that riding happened to be male? For voters it’s a case of too bad, so sad. In my opinion, that’s not only wrong, it’s downright offensive. As a progressive female voter, I’ll vote for who I think will represent my community best, male or female, and I think most people feel the same way…..
Read the rest of this weeks column, and vote for who you think the winner is, HERE: http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2013/02/03/female-political-content-needed-to-help-candidates
Or flip through the E-edition here http://eedition.vancouver.24hrs.ca/epaper/viewer.aspx
Westcoast Views with Laila Yuile 
I have two words to refute the need for gender equality in politics
Christy Clark
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Yawn..two hens clucking away..go back to the kitchen and make me a sandwich sweetie
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OMG !
A neanderthal can type….!
Whats next ?
Sensitivity training for attack dogs?
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Tagg is a misogynist, racist, pig. Pay him no attention. I think he might be the ‘missing link’…
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Think ?
I dub thee “Taggman”. A lost species of troglodyte that never actually raised themselves off all fours…thick boney fingers indicating calloused knuckes were the dead giveaway. Judging from the archeological sites, male “Taggs’ never lifted a finger to help their womenfolk. This is confirmed by the bent and broken backs of the female “Taggs” skeletal remains. Worked to death.
Unfortunately we think that Taggman never learned how to light fires and when a disease wiped out all the women…..they doomed themselves to a slow, cold , canned beans and tv dinner slide into oblivion…….
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