Talk:Rachael Thomas

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Semi-protected edit request on 9 October 2019
Add Rachael's stance on drugs to provide more context to her political position.

Political positions 1.3 Drug Stance The City of Lethbridge opened a supervised drug consumption site (Arches) in the Spring of 2018 which averages 663 visits/day, making it the most-used facility of its kind in North America and one of the busiest in the world. Harder questions if the highest level of good is to simply keep people alive to experience their next high. She believe that all people have inherent worth and should be treated with respect, and that everyone deserves to live a life free from drug dependency. Her official stance is that detox and recovery should replace supervised consumption and the community should support the nonprofits helping drug users find hope to move through the recovery process. Amanda.hogue (talk) 02:40, 9 October 2019 (UTC)


 * ❌. Most of this comes across as blatantly promotional and is sourced to material written by Harder, herself.  See WP:ABOUTSELF.  –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 16:02, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 February 2020
Rachael Harder was elected in February of 2020 to serve as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. The committee is responsible for studying matters related to the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. In addition, they study certain issues related to the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. http://www.rachaelharder.ca/bio Contredit (talk) 17:22, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  JTP (talk • contribs) 00:35, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 June 2021
Harder's Shadow Ministerial role - 'Shadow Minister for Digital Government' - has not been featured in the infobox. It should be added. 76.71.157.66 (talk) 14:20, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done — Berrely  • Talk∕Contribs 17:22, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2021
Harder's shadow ministerial position is not listed. Please list her as the "Shadow Minister for Digital Government," with Erin O'Toole as the current Leader. 76.71.157.66 (talk) 23:32, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done It's already listed in the infobox ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:39, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 March 2023
Request to update the "2015 election and 42nd Parliament" and "2021 election and 44th Parliament" sections

CHANGE "Harder was nominated by the Conservative Party as their candidate for the riding of Lethbridge in the House of Commons of Canada for the 2015 federal election. The former MP for the riding, Jim Hillyer, chose to run in the adjacent riding of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, which was created after the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.[6] During Harder's campaign, Harder filled out a survey from the anti-abortion Campaign Life Coalition indicating that she would work to pass laws banning abortion if elected.[7] Later, the Lethbridge Herald reported that she said that all women deserve access to abortion at a campaign town hall.[8] The Campaign Life Coalition then contacted Harder's campaign to verify their "pro-life" rating of her on the organization's website, and restored the profile, claiming that Harder's campaign manager told them that the Herald had misquoted her.[8] Harder was elected, becoming the first woman MP to represent the traditionally Conservative riding.[2][9] In November 2015, she was chosen by interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose to serve as official opposition critic for Youth and Persons with Disabilities.[2] In Summer 2016, Harder gave nearly $12,000 of the Canada Summer Jobs Grant funds allocated to her as an MP to two Lethbridge pregnancy care centres that do not perform abortions or refer patients to abortion clinics.[8]"

TO "Harder was nominated by the Conservative Party as their candidate for the riding of Lethbridge in the House of Commons of Canada for the 2015 federal election. Harder was elected with 56.8% of the popular vote. She was the first female elected to represent the Lethbridge riding (https://lethbridgecampusmedia.ca/rachael-harder-makes-history/).

The former MP for the riding, Jim Hillyer, chose to run in the adjacent riding of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, which was created after the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.[6] During Harder's campaign, Harder filled out a survey from the anti-abortion Campaign Life Coalition indicating that she would work to pass laws banning abortion if elected.[7] Later, the Lethbridge Herald reported that she said that all women deserve access to abortion at a campaign town hall.[8] The Campaign Life Coalition then contacted Harder's campaign to verify their "pro-life" rating of her on the organization's website, and restored the profile, claiming that Harder's campaign manager told them that the Herald had misquoted her.[8] Harder was elected, becoming the first woman MP to represent the traditionally Conservative riding.[2][9] In November 2015, she was chosen by interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose to serve as official opposition critic for Youth and Persons with Disabilities.[2] In Summer 2016, Harder gave nearly $12,000 of the Canada Summer Jobs Grant funds allocated to her as an MP to two Lethbridge pregnancy care centres that do not perform abortions or refer patients to abortion clinics.[8]

CHANGE "In September 2021, Harder was reelected with about 55% of the popular vote.[9]"

TO "2021 election and 44th Parliament In September 2021, Harder was reelected with about 53.38% of the popular vote.[9]"

These numbers are cited in the electoral record section below, and keeps format consistent between sections.

It is highly important that her mandate is the first secured by a female in the Lethbridge Electoral District. Elvisisking (talk) 23:33, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Request done and edit has been made. AirmanKitten203 (talk) 15:03, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2023
Change to more recent image of Thomas from Flickr: Silvertrail25 (talk) 13:55, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: there is something not right about that image that you uploaded to Commons. The idea that Rachael Thomas joined flickr this month to upload this image seems a bit far fetched, especially given the fact that the copyright holder is LoweBowes (Beth Lowe). M.Bitton (talk) 15:34, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It's not that farfetched. Politicians have teams/staff who help run their operations. Google Lens/Tineye yield me no results of obvious theft. If you have your suspicions, then reach out to the Photographer, the contact is right there in the exif. Can have them send in VRT permissions. PascalHD (talk) 03:26, 6 May 2023 (UTC)