Is the climate for women in politics getting colder?

Developments in the past month cast doubt on Justin Trudeau’s idea that, by itself, the passage of time has made Canadian public life more fair-minded and equitable.

Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, left, Annamie Paul, Catherine McKenna, and Jody Wilson-Raybould face distinctive circumstances, but their experiences reflect important commonalities: all four are bright, articulate, highly committed women who have tried to reshape Canada’s political priorities, writes Sylvia Bashevkin. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SYLVIA BASHEVKIN

July 20, 2021

Nearly six years after Justin Trudeau declared he’d appointed women to half the seats in his first cabinet “because it’s 2015,” the hurdles facing participants who look different from the white, male, middle-class MP prototype seem ever higher. Four developments in the past month cast doubt...

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