What would happen if women dominated Canadas Parliament?
This is the 25th federal election since 1920, when some Canadian men granted some Canadian women the right to run for office (how kind). After 85 years, we’re still not even close to 50-50. In this election campaign, just 33 percent of the candidates from the five major parties are women. Last term, just one in five MPs was female. How would the election campaign change if one-third of the candidates were men and two-thirds of them women? Hedy Fry Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre since 1993 “We would have a far more civilized campaign. There wouldn’t be as much personal vilification of each other and histrionics. Women see the interrelationship between economic and social policies; we don’t talk as though they’re different issues.” Christine Ellis Green candidate for Vancouver East “There would be a lot more focus on community stuff and family things. A focus on on-the-ground stuff. Also, in places where there’s disagreement, there’s a lot more willingness [among women] to discuss thing
This is the 25th federal election since 1920, when some Canadian men granted some Canadian women the right to run for office (how kind). After 85 years, we’re still not even close to 50-50. In this election campaign, just 33 percent of the candidates from the five major parties are women. Last term, just one in five MPs was female. How would the election campaign change if one-third of the candidates were men and two-thirds of them women? Hedy Fry Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre since 1993 “We would have a far more civilized campaign. There wouldn’t be as much personal vilification of each other and histrionics. Women see the interrelationship between economic and social policies; we don’t talk as though they’re different issues.” Christine Ellis Green candidate for Vancouver East “There would be a lot more focus on community stuff and family things. A focus on on-the-ground stuff. Also, in places where there’s disagreement, there’s a lot more willingness [among women] to discuss thing
