Canada’s claims to lead the globe on gender equality ring hollow

Statutory gender quotas in other countries have left Canada in the dust in terms of gender parity in Parliament.

On Nov. 4, 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau swore in his first gender-balanced cabinet. From left: then-attorney general and minister of justice Jody Wilson-Raybould; then-minister of global affairs Stéphane Dion; Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland; then-minister if immigration John McCallum, then-public service and procurement minister Judy Foote, and Minister of Veterans Affairs Lawrence MacAulay.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY JENNIFER M. PISCOPO

August 3, 2022

The prime minister may boast about his gender-equal federal cabinet, but Canada is tumbling down the global rankings for women’s representation in Parliament. Women hold only 30 per cent of seats in the House of Commons, and Canada

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