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    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.

    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