Want more diversity in politics? Start by looking at political parties

Researchers have largely concluded that when women and minorities run, they win. What this means is that if parties nominated more diverse candidate slates, there would be more diversity in Parliament.

The political parties led by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Andrew Scheer, New Democrat Jagmeet Singh, Green Elizabeth May and the People’s Party’s Maxime Bernier should be pressed to increase the diversity of their candidates. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERIN TOLLEY

June 19, 2019

The 2015 federal election saw a record number of women, Indigenous peoples, and racialized Canadians elected to the House of Commons. When he selected his ministry, Justin Trudeau lauded it as “a cabinet t...

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