The stage is set, let’s talk about sex
The Commission on the Status of Women’s #CSW60 Summit took place in New York two weeks ago and Canada is clearly back on the global stage. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s renewed appetite to achieve gender equality and his bold statement that being a feminist shouldn’t “elicit a reaction” but rather “a shrug” garnered international praise. Unfortunately, […]
Grégoire Trudeau a role model for Canadian women: reader
Well done Sophie Grégoire Trudeau for being such a positive role model for Canadian women and not because of what she is wearing. I was so thrilled to hear Ms. Grégoire Trudeau speak to the vital importance of safe, quality education for all, especially for girls in helping to create more peaceful, democratic and economically viable societies. […]
Diversity and inclusion agenda: impact on the public service
OTTAWA—The Liberal government included in its mandate letters to all ministers a “commitment to transparent, merit-based appointments, to help ensure gender parity and that indigenous Canadians and minority groups are better reflected in positions of leadership.” While the focus is clearly with respect to political appointments, this commitment will likely extend to the senior ranks […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau to talk security council seat at UN
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in New York today to meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and announce that Canada intends to run for a seat on the security council. The last time Canada did, in 2010, it lost for the first time in 60 years. “We’re looking at a number of windows […]
Canada must reaffirm important role of women in conflict, experts tell Senate Liberal Caucus
As the Liberal government strives to work toward gender equality here at home, they must also ensure that the threat to women and girls in the world’s conflict zones and the advantage to having women participate in peace building efforts is addressed in Canada’s international peace and security efforts. This was the sentiment shared by […]
Liberal MP Tan challenges MPs to mentor Syrian refugees to help them find work
Now that the government has brought 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, the next step is to help them find jobs, and MPs of all parties can do that by mentoring and letting them work in their constituency offices, says a rookie Toronto Liberal MP. “[MPs] are the leaders in their communities. They’re the leaders in […]
Canada falling behind on economic, political gender parity
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s now-infamous line, “because it’s 2015” garnered global praise for being a simple and confident rationale for his creation of gender parity in the federal Cabinet, experts used March 8—International Women’s Day—to emphasize that Canada is still a long way from being a worldwide leader in gender equality. A panel of […]
Nine new MPs came to Canada as refugees or from current or past war zones
Nine newly-elected MPs in the 42nd Parliament, which is considered the most diverse crop of MPs in Parliament’s history, came to Canada either as refugees or fled from war-torn countries. Out of the nine, according to research conducted by John Chenier, former editor of The Lobby Monitor and now editor of ARC Publications, four came to […]
Diversity in political backrooms still lacking
OTTAWA—The Liberal government included in its mandate letters to all ministers a “commitment to transparent, merit-based appointments, to help ensure gender parity and that indigenous Canadians and minority groups are better reflected in positions of leadership.” To recall, the prime minister appointed a Cabinet with gender parity (15 each of men and women) and almost […]
Diversity in political backrooms still lacking
The Liberal government included in its mandate letters to all ministers a “commitment to transparent, merit-based appointments, to help ensure gender parity and that indigenous Canadians and minority groups are better reflected in positions of leadership.” To recall, the Prime Minister appointed a Cabinet with gender parity (15 each of men and women) and almost […]
