Canada

This article investigates legislators’ willingness to talk about gender and women during policy making discussions, asking whether it is conditional on their sex or partisanship in environments where party discipline does not constrain their speech.

I spent a good chunk of my academic career studying women in politics — the barriers that keep women from running for office and from winning party nominations, and the impact they might have once they are elected.

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“I PROMISE IT won’t be victim porn.”

Mournful tributes are pouring in after the death of Monique Begin, a former cabinet minister and academic who died Friday at the age of 87.

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What lessons did Alberta’s election deliver to the rest of Canada about representative democracy?

More than 500,000 votes. That’s how many ballots were cast for the top two candidates in Monday’s mayoral byelection.