As of January 23, 2006.

Number of Individual Candidates by Party who have Signed the CEDAW Pledge (updated daily)

*Some of the parties (Liberal, Bloc Quebecois, NDP, and Green Party) have signed on behalf of all of their candidates and/or caucuses. A total of 188 elected MPs are now committed to the pledge.

The candidate’s listed here are those who had taken the time to also sign the pledge themselves.

Candidates who have signed the CEDAW Pledge (by Province and Territory)

Newfoundland & Labrador
Eugene Conway (NDP), Avalon
Sandra Cooze (NDP), Bonavista-Gander-Grand Falls-Windsor
Norm Doyle (Cons), St.John’s East
Loyola Hearn (Cons), St.John’s South-Mount Pearl
Mike Kehoe (NDP), St.John’s East
Jacob Larkin (NDP), Labrador
Peg Norman (NDP), St.John’s South-Mount Pearl
Holly Pike (NDP), Humber-St.Barb-Baie Verte
Amanda Will (NDP), Random-Burin-St. George’s

PEI
Sharon Labchuk (GPC), Malpeque
Wayne Easter (Lib), Malpeque

Nova Scotia
Mary DeWolfe (NDP), Kings-Hants
Bill Fleming (Lib), Sackville—Eastern-Shore
Alexis MacDonald (NDP), Central Nova
Peter Mackay (Cons), Central Nova, *Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
David Orton (GPC), Central Nova
Gary Richard (Lib), Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
Dan Walsh (Lib), Central Nova

New Brunswick
John Carty (NDP), Fredericton
Alice Finnamore (NDP), Tobique—Mactaquac
Yvon Godin (NDP), Acadie-Bathurst
Marcelle Mersereau (Lib), Acadie-Bathurst
Andy Scott (Lib), Fredericton

Quebec
M.Gerard Asselin (Bloc), Manicouagan
Vivian Barbot (Bloc), Papineau
Georges Alexandre Bastien (Cons.), Lasalle-Ιmard
Claude Bachand (Bloc), Saint-Jean
Bernard Bigras (Bloc), Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie
Vιronique Bisaillon (GPC), Saint-Jean
France Bonsant (Bloc), Compton-Stanstead
Cιline Brault (NDP), Pontiac
Paule Brunelle (Bloc), Trois-Riviθres
Irwin Cotler (Lib), Mount Royal
Nicole Demers (Bloc), Laval
Gilles Duceppe (Bloc), Laurier—Sainte-Marie *Leader of the Bloc Quebecois
Sophie Frιchette (Bloc), Westmount—Ville-Marie
Marc-Andre Gadoury (GPC), Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie
Christiane Gagnon (Bloc), Quιbec
Michel Gauthier (Bloc), Roberval
Monique Guay (Bloc), Riviθre-du-Nord
Matthieu-Gilles Lanciault (NDP), Saint-Jean
Marlene Jennings (Lib), Notre-Dame-de-Grβce—Lachine
Maka Kotto (Bloc), Saint-Lambert
Mario Laframboise (Bloc) Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel
Carole Lavallιe (Bloc), Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
Michael Lessard (NDP), Quιbec
Yves Lessard (Bloc), Chambly—Bordua
Paul Martin (Lib), LaSalle-Ιmard *Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Matthew McLauchlin (NDP), Jeanne-Le-Ber
Pauline Picard (Bloc), Drummond
Thierry St-Cyr (Bloc), Jeanne-Le-Ber
Caroline St-Hilaire (Bloc), Longueuil-Pierre-Boucher
Lynette Tremblay (GPC), Ahuntsic

Ontario
Phil Allt (NDP), Guelph
Ken Boshcoff (Lib), Thunder Bay-Rainy River
David Chernushenko (GPC), Ottawa-Centre, *Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada
Olivia Chow (NDP), Trinity-Spadina
Paul Dewar (NDP), Ottawa Centre
Jim Harris (GPC), Beaches-East York *Leader of the Green Party of Canada
Marco Iacampo (NDP), York Centre
Constantine Kritsonis (GPC), York Centre
Jack Layton (NDP), Toronto-Danforth *Leader of the NDP
Elaine MacDonald (NDP), Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry
Richard Mahoney (Lib), Ottawa Centre
Mike Nagy (GPC), Guelph
Peggy Nash (NDP), Parkdale-High Park
Russ Powers (Lib), Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale
Anthony Reale (Cons), Thornhill
Raphael Thierrin (GPC), Ottawa-Vanier

Nunavut
Nancy Karetak Lindell (Lib), Nunavut

Northwest Territories
Alexandre Beaudin (GPC), Western Arctic
Dennis Bevington (NDP), Western Arctic

Manitoba
Mathieu Allard (NDP), Saint-Boniface
Neil Gardner (NDP), Beausejour
Dennis Kshyk (NDP), Charleswood-St.James-Assiniboia
Gary Gervais (GPC), Winnipeg Centre
Pat Martin (NDP), Winnipeg Centre
Anita Neville (Lib), Winnipeg South-Centre
Marc Payette (GPC), Saint-Boniface
Vere Scott (GPC), Winnipeg South-Centre
Judy Wasylycia-Leis (NDP), Winnipeg North
Mark Wasyliw (NDP), Winnipege South-Centre

Alberta
Bev Botter (Lib), Medicine Hat
Stephen Harper (Cons), Calgary-Southwest *Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
John Lackey (GPC), Edmonton-Spruce Grove

Saskatchewan
Brett Dolter (GPC), Regina-Qu’appelle
Allyce Herle (Lib), Regina-Qu’appelle
Lynne Yelich (Cons), Blackstrap

BC
David Askew (NDP), Vancouver Quadra
Catherine Bell (NDP), Vancouver Island North
Dawn Black (NDP), New Westminster-Coquitlam-Port Moody
Jean Crowder (NDP), Nanaimo-Cowichan
Libby Davies (NDP), Vancouver East
Bev Meslo (NDP), Vancouver South
Penny Priddy (NDP), Surrey North
Svend Robinson (NDP), Vancouver Centre
Denise Savoie (NDP), Victoria
Manjeet Uppal (NDP), Nanaimo-Alberni

Yukon
Pam Boyde (NDP), Yukon
Susan Greetham (Cons), Yukon

By signing the pledge, candidates have committed to taking “concrete and immediate measures, as recommended by the United Nations, to ensure governments fully uphold their equality commitments to women in Canada.”

If you are a candidate and wish to sign on, please see: http://www.fafia-afai.org/en/node/181

To view the responses of Party Leaders who have signed the CEDAW pledge, please click here.

To view the recommendations made by the United Nations to Canada in 2003, please click here.

To learn more about CEDAW, Canada’s commitments, and more about the United Nations’ recommendations, please view FAFIA’s CEDAW toolkit.