Petition

Women were the majority of voters in the last federal election. Yet, the last time federal party leaders publicly debated the issues that matter to women and girls in an election campaign was over 30 years ago.

From discrimination to violence, leadership to employment, the pay gap or sexual harassment—these are issues that affect women and girls. They are also issues that matter to Canadians. And they are issues that politicians aren’t talking about. What we need is simple: we need a public space for conversation; we need a broadcast leader’s debate.

The New Democratic Party, the Green Party, Liberal Party and Bloc Québécois have agreed to participate in a debate, but the Conservative Party has not.

Join the Up For Debate campaign! Stand alongside over 175 women’s organizations and their allies and demand that the issues women and girls care about are #UpForDebate in the 2015 federal election!

What can you do?

  1. SEND A MESSAGE to Prime Minister Stephen Harpe and Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe through our website.
  2. SIGN OUR CHANGE.ORG PETITION: http://chn.ge/1BDDaDh
  3. COLLECT SIGNATURES on the print version of our petition.

Sign the petition: change.org/upfordebate

Send a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Dear Prime Minister Harper:

In the 2011 federal election over half a million more women turned out to vote than men. Yet issues that specifically affect women in Canada received little attention in the election debates.

From discrimination to violence, leadership to employment, the pay gap or sexual harassment—these are issues that affect women and girls and matter to all Canadians.

I urge you to commit to participate in a nationally broadcast debate focused specifically on women and girls during the 2015 federal election campaign.