Canada falling behind on economic, political gender parity

Canada is 'not a leader when it comes to women in politics,' says Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld.

Oxfam Canada’s Brittany Lambert, Equal Voice national spokesperson Nancy Peckford, moderator Kathleen Monk and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Kate McInturff spoke on an International Women's Day panel hosted by Hill Times Events on March 8.Twitter photograph

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BY ALLY FOSTER

March 8, 2016

While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s now-infamous line, “because it’s 2015” garnered global praise for being a simple and confident rationale for his creation of gender parity in the federal Cabinet, experts used March 8—International Women’s Day—to emphasize that Canada is still a lo...

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