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Don Martin’s comment piece in today’s National Post has been bugging me all day (Harper looks to woo soccer moms) and I couldn’t figure out why. Then the answer start bubbling up through my consciousness. - His sexist attitude is showing again.

Remember when he was telling Helena Guergis how she should be acting under certain circumstances and when she was allowed to show emotion, and so on? Well, now he’s trying to tell us that Harper’s concern for human health and consumer safety is an attempt to “crack the estrogen voting code”!!!

Never mind that there may actually be the odd male out there who cares about his baby’s health or if that apple juice he’s giving his toddler really comes from Canada even though it’s labeled as “Product of Canada “.

But here’s the best one:

…But the overarching point of all this is that all three initiatives cater to soccer mom and Tim Hortons sensibilities — voters who don’t fret over young offender legislation, mandatory sentences or 99% of all those Conservative ideological priorities …

Get that, ladies? You don’t need to worry your purdy little heads about crime, and complicated stuff like that. Let the menfolk deal with it.

Perhaps it’s time for the Post to send old Don off for some sensitivity training …

Another item for Sandy’s list of Harper accomplishments - The Harper Government will be introducing tougher laws for products bearing the label "Product of Canada" labelling. And if the opposition gets on board, then it will be their accomplishment as well. (CTV - Harper Announces Changes to Canadian Food Labels .)

Ever since I saw CBC’s Marketplace episode, "Product of Canada, eh?" , I’ve been very skeptical of buying any processed food labeled "Product of Canada". Watch the clip and you’ll see why.

Now, instead of being able to say that their product is a ‘Product of Canada’ if "51 per cent of production costs were incurred here and the final transformation of the product was in Canada", manufacturers will have to be more honest and accountable:

…Under the new rules, a "product of Canada" label will mean that virtually all of the contents are Canadian in origin.

Harper said the new labels would reflect whether some of the ingredients in a Canadian-made product come from another country.

This is excellent news for the Canadian consumer, good news for the environment and great news for the Canadian food industry.

Read the comments at the end of the CTV article. This is a winning policy and most people are saying that it’s about time!

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Update : And this just isn’t fair…