A budget about women and how it benefits men

So a feminist budget is about women and may appeal politically more to women and girls, but make no mistake, men and boys benefit too.

What are the basics of a feminist policy? Environment Minister Catherine McKenna's take, 'when women do better, everyone does better.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CARDOZO

March 5, 2018

OTTAWA—The federal budget released by Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled last week has been billed as a feminist budget or a budget put through a gender analysis or lens. But what does that mean? As the bumper sticker says, “feminism is the radical idea that men and women are equal." So the ...

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