‘I refused to be silenced’: Women politicians say gender makes them a target

‘I became numb to it,’ says Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu of the level of harassment and threats she faces as a woman politician.

Liberal MP Lenore Zann and Progressive Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard have both spent thousands of dollars improving security on their homes so they feel safe while working in the public eye. Photographs courtesy of the offices of Ms. Zann and Sen. Bernard

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

August 19, 2020

When Wanda Thomas Bernard was appointed to the Senate in 2016, she spent thousands of dollars upgrading security at her Nova Scotia home. No stranger to racist and sexist attacks, she said she knew being a Parliamentarian, publicl...

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