#NotSoEqualVoice: the race for equality can’t be completed wearing blinders

We need to envision and support a new way of doing electoral politics, and we need to give space and support for leaders from Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities to lead us there.

Leila Moumouni-Tchouassi, left, Shanese Indoowaaboo Steele, centre, and Cherie Wong say they were abruptly dismissed by Equal Voice for allegedly harassing the group's executive director. Their dismissal points to larger, systemic problems within the organization, write Erica Ifill and Amy Kishek. Photographs courtesy of Cherie Wong, Shanese Indoowaaboo Steele, and Leila Moumouni-Tchouassi

Opinion

BY AMY KISHEK, ERICA IFILL

August 7, 2019

OTTAWA—Equal Voice, an organization “dedicated to electing more women to all levels of political office in Canada,” has spent the better part of the last two decades purportedly trying to achieve its missio...

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