It chooses examples of women who have actually lead political parties and then came to power in the provinces only. It seems to have forgotten Kim Campbell who became prime minister after Mulroney left. Then it laments the fact that not enough women are at that level in politics.
The author is a mom and he's quoting female political leaders. I don't understand to what end he's doing all of this for. I got to the end of the article and was left with an empty feeling and looking for more. Where was the point?
I was wrong, though, it mentions Kim Campbell briefly on the second page briefly as yet another example of a woman political leader who didn't get elected to leadership, just falls into it and then gets creamed at the first election. Catherine Callbeck of PEI is the exception.
It does a good job of selecting examples for the story. I'm not sure whether the author supports women in politics or not. He chooses his examples from the past twenty years from all over the country. I'm not sure about his sources again.
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