Canada: Women in politics: why is it an issue? BCB News (2010)
This article discusses the gender issue in politics and elections in Canada. Women comprise more than 50% of the Canadians, but they are severely underrepresented. On a Federal level, only 22.1% of the Members of Parliament in the House of Commons are women, ranking Canada in the 51st position for female representation. On the state level, the situation is even worst: in New Brunswick, for example, only about 11% of the elected candidates are women (the highest percentage of women in state assembly is 31%, for an average of 23.4%).
The link address is: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nbvotes2010/story/2010/09/06/nbvotes-analysis-joanna-everitt-women-politics.html
