2017 we watched the NDP Leadership Race of four hopefuls; Jagmeet Singh, Guy Caron, Charlie Angus and Nikki Ashton. Although the winning title, “Leader of the New Democratic Party” was awarded to Jagmeet Singh, one cannot turn a blind eye to Nikki Ashton’s formidable performance not only for what she believed would be right for…
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Do We Really Need a Women’s Political Party? Electoral Reform (Part III)
“Women have all the power,” my best friend always used to say, “too bad they don’t know it!” Go to: Part I – Party, Part II – Female Leadership Second-wave feminism in Canada relied on successfully pressuring multiple access points within the legislative, bureaucratic and judicial structures of the federal state. Today these boundaries of…
