Rachael Harder
Rachael Harder | |
|---|---|
| Official Opposition Critic for Status of Women | |
| Assumed office August 30, 2017 | |
| Leader | Andrew Scheer |
| Preceded by | Rona Ambrose |
| Member of Parliament for Lethbridge | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Hillyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1986 (age 32–33) Kathyrn, Alberta |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Briercrest College and Seminary (AA) University of Lethbridge (BA, BEd) |
Rachael Harder MP (born 1986) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Lethbridge in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[1] Harder is the Shadow Minister for the Status of Women.[2]
Contents
Political positions
Criticism of Alberta Public School Teachers
In 2011, Harder told Christian Week that many public school teachers in Alberta encourage students to engage in "risky sexual behaviour".[3]
Abortion stance
Harder is opposed to abortion, except where necessary to protect the life of the mother [4]. The pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition gave Harder a near-perfect voting record and she has said that she will "always advocate for the preborn"[5]. She has voted to fund resource centres that provide aid for pregnant women but do not offer abortions, and gave two centres in her riding $12,000 in federal grants[6]. Harder also co-sponsored Bill C-225 in January 2016, which would have made it "an offence to cause injury or death to a preborn child while committing or attempting to commit an offence against a pregnant woman and to add pregnancy as an aggravating circumstance for the purpose of sentencing" [7].
In September 2017, Harder was nominated by Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer to chair the parliamentary committee on the Status of Women. However, MPs from other parties walked out and a vote did not occur due in protest to her pro-life position.[8][9][10][11] Liberal MP Monsef explained that the committee "decided that having their spokesperson, and their chair, be someone who does not support a woman's right to choose, is not supportive a person's rights, is not the best choice".[12]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Rachael Harder | 32,321 | 56.8 | +4.29 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Cheryl Meheden | 11,674 | 20.5 | -9.45 | – | |||
| Liberal | Mike Pyne | 10,532 | 18.5 | +9.37 | – | |||
| Green | Kas MacMillan | 1,461 | 2.6 | -1.88 | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Geoffrey Capp | 746 | 1.3 | -2.27 | – | |||
| Rhinoceros | Solly Krygier-Paine | 209 | 0.4 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,943 | 100.0 | $215,495.48 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 158 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 57,101 | 69.44% | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,225 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.87 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Martin, Kevin (24 August 2015). "Canada Election 2015: Lethbridge candidates and the issues". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Andrew Scheer announces Conservative 'shadow cabinet' - Macleans.ca". 30 August 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Worrying trends in teen sexuality". ChristianWeek. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14 from: http://www.christianweek.org/worrying-trends-in-teen-sexuality/
- ^ www.arcc-cdac.ca (PDF) http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/action/Rachael-Harder-position-abortion.pdf. Retrieved 2018-12-14. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ Coalition, Campaign Life. "MP Rachael Harder - Lethbridge - Voting Records - Campaign Life Coalition". https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com. Retrieved 2018-12-14. External link in
|website=(help) - ^ Sep 26, John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted; October 27, 2017 4:42 PM ET | Last Updated; 2017. "Liberals walk out after Conservatives pick anti-abortion MP for status of women committee chair | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-225/first-reading
- ^ "Voting out anti-abortion MP Rachael Harder - Macleans.ca". www.macleans.ca. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ Sep 26, John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted; October 27, 2017 4:42 PM ET | Last Updated; 2017. "Liberals walk out after Conservatives pick anti-abortion MP for status of women committee chair | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ www.catholicregister.org https://www.catholicregister.org/item/26108-mp-rachael-harder-shunned-by-committee-due-to-pro-life-beliefs. Retrieved 2018-12-14. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ "Anti-abortion Tory MP Rachael Harder loses bid for status of women committee chair | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ Sep 26, John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted; October 27, 2017 4:42 PM ET | Last Updated; 2017. "Liberals walk out after Conservatives pick anti-abortion MP for status of women committee chair | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Elections Canada On-line - Élection Canada en-ligne". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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