Political parties will need to do more to entice female candidates to run federally

There’s no doubt that the diversity among women who have run and served at multiple levels of government in recent years is more evident than it has ever been. This should inspire others to step up.

People pictured at Ottawa Women's March on Jan. 20, 2017. Currently, only 27 per cent of our current crop of MPs are women, so there’s lots of room for progress. But improvement will only come with many more women on the ballot in what are understood to be winnable ridings, however parties deem them so, writes Nancy Peckford. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NANCY PECKFORD

September 17, 2018

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