This week our federal government released their multi-billion dollar deficit-creating bail-out budget aimed to stimulate the sagging economy.

At this point a few areas trouble me. The government has denied the legal right for women to take their employers to court if they are not getting paid as much as their male counterparts. No right to fight against pay discrimination based on gender. Additionally, most of the jobs being created are in infrastructure which means lots of jobs for men.

Another troublesome issue for me is that very little money has been allocated for the development of green technology. As far as I can see there is no better time than now to invest in green technology. Obama seems to get it, but not our Conservative government.

Unfortunately, the Green Party of Canada doesn’t have much political clout based on the way our electoral system is set up. Let’s see if they can do something about it.