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DP MP Megan Leslie apologizes for Czech bride 'giveaway'
By Laura Payton, CBC News Posted: Mar 8, 2012 2:01 PM AT Last Updated: Mar 8, 2012 2:44 PM AT
NDP MP Megan Leslie is apologizing to Czech women over a Halifax radio station's mail-order bride contest, but a spokesman for the station says he’s disappointed in her criticism of the giveaway.
J.C. Douglas, program director for Halifax’s Q104 radio station, says there's no sexual connection to the station's "Male is in the Czech" contest, where men are promised a set of dates with women in the Czech Republic.
"There's obviously no sexual connection with the dating. If a date is not successful, it won't go any further. If a date is successful, it could lead to matrimony," Douglas said.
The station has gotten about 50 applications for what they call a "giveaway" and will choose two finalists to be interviewed on air Monday.
The winner gets a flight to Prague and four dates to be used with up to four women.
The contest closes March 8, International Women’s Day.
Leslie, who represents a Halifax riding, calls the contest outrageous and apologized in Parliament for the station giving away women as prizes.
In a statement in the House of Commons Wednesday, Leslie said the contest is promoting an environment in which women are offered up as trophies.
"As a woman, I am furious. As a Canadian, I want to apologize to all Czech women and to the 50,000 women of Czech descent living in Canada. Incredible women like: Chaviva Hosek, Hana Gartner, and Halifax's own Lucy Decoutere," Leslie said.
"If the bride gets here, Lucy and I would be happy to show her around and we will make sure that she knows something else Canadian women have won in the last 100 years: the right to a divorce."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/03/08/pol-leslie-mail-order-bride-contest.html
DP MP Megan Leslie apologizes for Czech bride 'giveaway'
By Laura Payton, CBC News Posted: Mar 8, 2012 2:01 PM AT Last Updated: Mar 8, 2012 2:44 PM AT
NDP MP Megan Leslie is apologizing to Czech women over a Halifax radio station's mail-order bride contest, but a spokesman for the station says he’s disappointed in her criticism of the giveaway.
J.C. Douglas, program director for Halifax’s Q104 radio station, says there's no sexual connection to the station's "Male is in the Czech" contest, where men are promised a set of dates with women in the Czech Republic.
"There's obviously no sexual connection with the dating. If a date is not successful, it won't go any further. If a date is successful, it could lead to matrimony," Douglas said.
The station has gotten about 50 applications for what they call a "giveaway" and will choose two finalists to be interviewed on air Monday.
The winner gets a flight to Prague and four dates to be used with up to four women.
The contest closes March 8, International Women’s Day.
Leslie, who represents a Halifax riding, calls the contest outrageous and apologized in Parliament for the station giving away women as prizes.
In a statement in the House of Commons Wednesday, Leslie said the contest is promoting an environment in which women are offered up as trophies.
"As a woman, I am furious. As a Canadian, I want to apologize to all Czech women and to the 50,000 women of Czech descent living in Canada. Incredible women like: Chaviva Hosek, Hana Gartner, and Halifax's own Lucy Decoutere," Leslie said.
"If the bride gets here, Lucy and I would be happy to show her around and we will make sure that she knows something else Canadian women have won in the last 100 years: the right to a divorce."
