Women remain a distinct minority in House, time to change that
OTTAWA—After three weeks back in Ottawa, most Members of Parliament have fully functional offices, their staff are getting into the swing of things and everyone is adapting (or re-adjusting) to life as they straddle time on the Hill with the demands of their ridings. Newly-minted ministers, including Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, […]
Politics This Morning: AG Ferguson to release reports
Auditor General Michael Ferguson will release his Fall 2015 reports today on a number of important topics. There will be six reports and a special examination on Crown corporations. The first report takes a look at whether departments performed adequate gender-based analysis in its government decisions following the recommendations in the 2009 report on this […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau to meet Tory
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Toronto today to tour the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine and to meet Toronto Mayor John Tory. Mr. Trudeau will tour the facility at 8:45 a.m. with International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains where they will make an announcement. Mr. Trudeau and Mr. […]
Trudeau should welcome opportunity to turn Senate on its head
OTTAWA—It is 2016, eh! All the more reason for the countrywide Senate parity push. The unprecedented number of vacancies provides an historic opportunity. When a non-partisan body, representing women across the political spectrum can achieve consensus on the need for Red Chamber equality, you know the political winds in Canada have shifted dramatically. From the […]
Canadian Mint to celebrate 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote with $1 coin
A Royal Canadian Mint proposal for a historic commemorative dollar coin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Canada appears to have been on the drawing boards for at least nine months before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet authorized its production soon after taking office last November. Up until that time—until […]
Implementing diversity and inclusion in Parliament: A more complete picture
With the appointment of parliamentary secretaries and opposition critics, we now have a more comprehensive picture of gender and visible minority diversity in Parliament’s leadership positions. How well has the Liberal government implemented its overall diversity and inclusion commitments, and how have the other parties responded to the “because it’s 2015” challenge? Although Prime Minister […]
Yes, it really was 2015
What a year it has been for women in politics in Canada. The developments have been dramatic in some cases, lacklustre or downright disturbing in others. While generally there’s been progress, the devil is in the details. Here’s a summary of the good, bad and ugly from 2015. Back in June, when the leader of the fledgling […]
Some 65 Liberal seats across country in deep trouble: Grits need 44% to win and that’s just not in cards right now
Toronto–Here’s the thing. If the Canadian Alliance and the former Progressive Conservative Party were actually united in the 2000 federal election, the Liberals would have lost 34 seats. At that time, the Liberals won a majority government with 40 per cent of the popular vote. But this time it’s not enough: in order to win […]
You haven’t come a long way, baby: Nominations over June 9, and fewer women stepping up to the plate in election 2004
We wish the best of luck to the brave 199 women who are standing so far for election across Canada. You can read their names in the list of women candidates which accompanies this article. Our list was compiled for EqualVoice, our advocacy group for the election of women, by Nikki Macdonald, who also tracked […]
Martin tries to be all things to all people
Paul Martin wants the title but not the job. The Prime Minister’s position would be a symbolic one under Paul Martin akin to the monarchy and the role of the Queen. Being the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada requires that the person lead. A leader must be able to listen, and mediate but […]
