Canada should elect a gender-balanced Parliament in 2019
Our editorial: Nearly a century after Agnes MacPhail was the first woman elected to the House of Commons, only about a quarter of seats are held by women. It’s time for that to change.
gender parity
Advancing women’s equality could mean a windfall for all Canadians
Addressing Canada’s largest gender gaps could be worth $150 billion to Canada’s GDP by 2026. Here’s how it could happen.
The Liberals killed a bill promoting gender parity in politics. They were wrong.
Why the arguments against a bill that would have penalized parties for failing to run equal lists of male and female candidates don’t make sense
One way to promote gender parity in politics: financial penalties
NDP MP Kennedy Stewart’s private member’s bill would penalize political parties who don’t run gender-balanced slates of candidates
Ottawa’s slow drip of gender parity
Cabinet is 50-50, but the House of Commons has a long way to go