What Canada can learn from Mexico

Mexico's experience shows fair representation is hard to achieve, even with legislation. But it’s almost impossible without it because political parties control nominations.

Mexico’s election of its first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, in 2024 was no accident; it would not have been possible if the country had relied solely on the good will of political parties, writes Fernanda Salazar Mejia.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Eneas De Troya

Opinion

BY FERNANDA SALAZAR MEJIA

September 21, 2026

My niece in Mexico, Valentina, has a better chance of becoming a political leader in her country than my Canadian nieces, Alice and Naomi, in theirs. Why? Because Mexico legislated its way to equal representation in politics, while Canada continues to rely on incremental pro...

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