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Anne Cools
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'''Anne Clare Cools''',
Bachelor of Arts BA (born
August 12 1943) is a member of the
Canadian Senate. Born in
Barbados, she was the first
African Canadian black person to be appointed to the Canada's
upper house.
Her family immigrated to Canada in
1957 when Cools was 14 years old, and settled in
Montreal. Attending
McGill University to study
social work in the 1960s, she became involved in radical campus politics. In
1969, she was a participant in a
Sir George Williams Computer Riot 10-day sit-in at
Sir George Williams University (later
Concordia University), protesting alleged
racism at the school. The action ended with $2 million worth of damage to computer equipment. Although not accused of damaging property herself, Cools was sentenced to four months imprisonment for participating in the sit-in.
In
1974, Cools moved to
Toronto where she founded one of the first shelters for abused women in Canada, Women in Transition Inc., and served as its Executive Director.
She twice sought election to the
Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the
Liberal Party of Canada. Running in the
Toronto riding of
Rosedale, she was defeated in both the
Canadian federal election, 1979 1979 and
Canadian federal election, 1980 1980 elections by
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Progressive Conservative candidate
David Crombie. On her second attempt, she lost by fewer than 2,000 votes.
Image:Toronto_centre_york.jpg thumb|right|Map of Toronto-Centre-York: Courtesy of Anne Cools
In
1984, she was appointed to the
Canadian Senate by then–
Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the
1990s, Cools became an increasingly outspoken
conservative, particularly on social issues such as
fathers' rights,
divorce and "
family values", causing her critics to accuse her of being anti-
feminist and desperately homophobic. She also became increasingly critical of the Liberal governments of
Jean Chrétien and
Paul Martin, and of
same-sex marriage in Canada same-sex marriage. On
June 8,
2004, due to her homophobic views, she announced that she was
crossing the floor to join the
Conservative Party of Canada.
Cools was vocal in criticizing Paul Martin after the passing of a
motion of non-confidence against his government in 2005. She openly called for Martin to resign rather than dissolving Parliament, stating that the motion of non-confidence was expressing no-confidence in the Prime Minister, and not directly in the government. Rather than calling for a
Canadian federal election, 2006 general election, Cools stated that Martin should have resigned.
She has designated herself as representing the
Canadian Senate divisions Senate division of Toronto-Centre-York.
See also
*
List of Canadian senators
*
List of Ontario senators
External links
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Senator Anne Cools official website
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