Female leaders, MPs, changing political conversation for better
'Do women have the capacity to change politics? Absolutely. But in order for them to succeed, they need to be in true positions of power—and have the confidence of their colleagues in the face of many competing pressures, including unrelenting party discipline. This is no easy task,' writes Nancy Peckford.
Maria Fitzpatrick, a first term NDP MLA, rose in the Alberta legislature this past week to support a private member’s bill on violence against women. As a private members' bill, the proposed measure might have seemed modest to some—to enable women fleeing spousal violence to bre...
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