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Here’s how Parliament can tackle the rise in anti-feminist ideology

  • Require parties to run equal numbers of men and women, including in winnable ridings. Those that fail to comply forfeit their right to compete.
Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | February 16, 2026
The House Status of Women Committee, chaired by Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, centre, examining the threats that anti-feminist rhetoric pose in an increasingly online world is a recognition of how high the stakes are, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here’s how Parliament can tackle the rise in anti-feminist ideology

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | February 16, 2026
  • Require parties to run equal numbers of men and women, including in winnable ridings. Those that fail to comply forfeit their right to compete.

Here’s how Parliament can tackle the rise in anti-feminist ideology

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | February 16, 2026
  • Require parties to run equal numbers of men and women, including in winnable ridings. Those that fail to comply forfeit their right to compete.
The House Status of Women Committee, chaired by Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, centre, examining the threats that anti-feminist rhetoric pose in an increasingly online world is a recognition of how high the stakes are, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How Mark Carney can win back friends and influence critical outcomes

  • Ensuring women are present, visible, and influential in decision-making bodies has transformative potential on many fronts.
Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | December 8, 2025
The incentives for Prime Minister Mark Carney to move on political gender-parity policies are far greater than they were for his predecessor, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How Mark Carney can win back friends and influence critical outcomes

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | December 8, 2025
  • Ensuring women are present, visible, and influential in decision-making bodies has transformative potential on many fronts.

How Mark Carney can win back friends and influence critical outcomes

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | December 8, 2025
  • Ensuring women are present, visible, and influential in decision-making bodies has transformative potential on many fronts.
The incentives for Prime Minister Mark Carney to move on political gender-parity policies are far greater than they were for his predecessor, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics?

  • Although Canada ranked in the top 30 for the percentage of women in Parliament at the start of the millennium, we’ve since dropped to 71st
Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | October 1, 2025
Eighty-four per cent of Canadians see gender parity as a way to achieve policies that better reflect the realities and needs of the broader population, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics?

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | October 1, 2025
  • Although Canada ranked in the top 30 for the percentage of women in Parliament at the start of the millennium, we’ve since dropped to 71st

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics?

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | October 1, 2025
  • Although Canada ranked in the top 30 for the percentage of women in Parliament at the start of the millennium, we’ve since dropped to 71st
Eighty-four per cent of Canadians see gender parity as a way to achieve policies that better reflect the realities and needs of the broader population, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Leadership matters in recruiting truly representative candidates

  • Whether or not women exert meaningful influence in legislatures and Parliament depends in large part on the partisan stripe of who holds power.
Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | June 12, 2023
The increase in representation in the Alberta legislature rests entirely with Rachel Notley’s NDP opposition whose caucus is now 58 per cent women, in contrast to Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party’s 22 per cent, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Leadership matters in recruiting truly representative candidates

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | June 12, 2023
  • Whether or not women exert meaningful influence in legislatures and Parliament depends in large part on the partisan stripe of who holds power.

Leadership matters in recruiting truly representative candidates

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | June 12, 2023
  • Whether or not women exert meaningful influence in legislatures and Parliament depends in large part on the partisan stripe of who holds power.
The increase in representation in the Alberta legislature rests entirely with Rachel Notley’s NDP opposition whose caucus is now 58 per cent women, in contrast to Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party’s 22 per cent, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canadians believe parties and governments need to act on gender parity in politics

  • What do Iceland, Mexico and New Zealand have in common? On at least one fundamental measure, they’re more democratic than Canada. That’s because in
Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | October 5, 2022
Protesters pictured at the Women's March in Ottawa, on Jan. 21, 2017. Participants wore pink knitted ‘pussyhats,’ in response to Donald Trump’s crude remarks about women. Research by Canada’s Samara Centre for Democracy found that a mere 17 per cent of federal candidates between 2004 and 2019 emerged through such competitions. Parties are already appointing more than four out of five candidates and, clearly, most of them are men, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canadians believe parties and governments need to act on gender parity in politics

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | October 5, 2022
  • What do Iceland, Mexico and New Zealand have in common? On at least one fundamental measure, they’re more democratic than Canada. That’s because in

Canadians believe parties and governments need to act on gender parity in politics

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | October 5, 2022
  • What do Iceland, Mexico and New Zealand have in common? On at least one fundamental measure, they’re more democratic than Canada. That’s because in
Protesters pictured at the Women's March in Ottawa, on Jan. 21, 2017. Participants wore pink knitted ‘pussyhats,’ in response to Donald Trump’s crude remarks about women. Research by Canada’s Samara Centre for Democracy found that a mere 17 per cent of federal candidates between 2004 and 2019 emerged through such competitions. Parties are already appointing more than four out of five candidates and, clearly, most of them are men, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Political parties need to field as many women candidates as men

  • When Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet last month, he retained the gender balance that earned him headlines back in 2015. No one commented, because
Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | February 10, 2021
The real trailblazer of gender parity in politics is Alberta’s NDP leader and former premier, Rachel Notley. She extended the parity principle in a profoundly meaningful way, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Political parties need to field as many women candidates as men

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | February 10, 2021
  • When Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet last month, he retained the gender balance that earned him headlines back in 2015. No one commented, because

Political parties need to field as many women candidates as men

Opinion | BY SHARI GRAYDON | February 10, 2021
  • When Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet last month, he retained the gender balance that earned him headlines back in 2015. No one commented, because
The real trailblazer of gender parity in politics is Alberta’s NDP leader and former premier, Rachel Notley. She extended the parity principle in a profoundly meaningful way, writes Shari Graydon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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