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Metro News features Campbell on Int'l Women's Day

March 8, 2010

Today's [Canadian] Metro News features an article about Frmr Prime Minister Campbell and her thoughts on women in politics.

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Campbell weighs in on the "O Canada" lyrics debate

March 5, 2010

In this CBC Radio interview, Kim Campbell weighs in on the current "O Canada" lyrics debate in an interview with Jim Brown, guest host of The Current.

In the March 3, 2010 Speech from the Throne, the Conservative government announced its intention to prod Parliament to assess the lyrics of "O Canada" specifically to see if the lyrics "all our sons command" should be altered to be more gender neutral.  Well, Kim Campbell, Minister of Justice at the time, spoke about this issue and appears to have been about 20 years ahead of her time.

INSTRUCTIONS: Scroll down the page and click on "Listen to Part Two."

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Speaking at UCLA's Anderson School

February 10, 2010

On Monday February 22, 2010, Judy Olian, dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, will host Frmr PM Campbell, for a talk titled "Life After Politics: Going Global." Campbell will discuss her ongoing professional journey since stepping down from her position as the 19th prime minister of Canada in 1993.

A global visionary, Campbell has worked to promote democracy and the advancement of women throughout the world and is a founding member of the Club of Madrid, an independent organization of former heads of state and others that aims to strengthen global democracy. She currently chairs the board of international advisers of the Foundation for Effective Governance and the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy.

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Kim Campbell in More Magazine

February 1, 2010

More Magazine's February/March issue is highlighting Kim Campbell as a "Pioneering PM" in the article “40 women we want to be when we grow up,” which is a list of 40 inspiring Canadian women over sixty years of age.
 

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Kim Campbell article on Climate Change

January 1, 2010

Read Former Prime Minister Campbell's thoughts about the Copenhagen Accord and climate change, which she has termed a "challenge of such cosmic proportions that we can barely force ourselves to contemplate the costs of failing to act."

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