Removing the Court Challenge Program: Pro-subordination attempts of neo-conservatives

Maintaining the idealogical views of neo-conservatives is explicit in France Russels Critique of the removal of the Court Challenges Program(CCP) and the Law Commission of Canada ( http://proquest.umi.com.proxy2.lib.umanitoba.ca/pqdlink?Ver=1&Exp=10-06-2015&FMT=7&DID=1167653281&RQT=309&cfc=1).

The mission of the CCP is to financially assist cases of language and human rights and bring more attention to improve these issues (http://www.ccppcj.ca/e/about/about.shtml). The attempt of neo-conservatives to alleviate this program blatantly show the principles of government. Maintaining the idealogy of the ruling elite will only further suppress the vulnerable groups that this programs initiative attempts to reach out to. An apparent group under this marginalized canvas is Women. The advent of this program will maybe not change the social hierarchy in place right now but it certainly gives Women opportunity to voice humanitarian issues that hit close to home.

Interestingly, Ian Brodie, Stephan Harpers cheif of staff, not only holds the ideal to keep society in competition, and displace government from 'personal problems', but has graduated from the same institution Harper graduated from himself. Some professors of the Calgary university mention the push the school has towards particular theories originating from Straus. Correspondingly to values inherent in the demolition of the CCP, Straus' theory says "Secrecy is necessary. The people will not be happy to learn that there is only one natural right-the right of the superior to rule over the inferior, the master over the slave, the husband over the wife, and the wise few over the vulgar many. Strauss argues that the wise must conceal their views for two reasons: to spare the people's feelings and to protect the élite from possible reprisals."

I would conclude that the latter perception neo-conservatives have ensures a lazy attitude and negligence to social problems real in many womens lives. The prior quote establishes that Harper and the elite we leave in charge to govern us hold to the idea that men have power and control over women, not because society has engrained in them this perspective and restrained them from thinking otherwise, but because that is just 'the way it is'. Here the question remains: are the people in charge really good representations of roughly half the people that constitute this universe?

In order for women to put these issues on the map they have to have the resources to even do that. Financial assistance, a huge contribution of this non-profit organization(CCP), allows women of all economic backgrounds the ability to voice issues pertaining to them.
-Brooke