B.C. had highest percentage of women candidates ever, but it only increased by a modest one point
We can’t rely on surprise elections to deliver more women to politics. Women need to be in competitive ridings, and even better, in party strongholds.
OTTAWA—May 9 was election day in British Columbia. It was a tense, uncertain, and long night. Candidates, supporters, and British Columbians watched as an incredibly close election race unfolded, so close in fact that the results from absentee ballots and outstanding re-counts won’t be available...
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