We need more working moms in federal politics

Niki Ashton’s little orange bump has managed to generated a great deal of positive media. Here’s hoping this continues—and in no way deters her from her political pursuits.

NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton, right. Like it or not, the medium is always the message—and a young political woman with a baby bump on a campaign trail is bound to make noise, writes Jenn Jefferys. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JENN JEFFERYS

June 19, 2017

OTTAWA—Like it or not, the medium is always the message—and a young political woman with a baby bump on a campaign trail is bound to make noise. NDP MP Niki Ashton, 34, is the only woman in the race to replace Tom Mulcair as leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada.

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