Canada: British Columbia Elects Its First Ever Majority-Female Legislature

The patriarchy is on its last legs.

Canadian women are going to do total immigration, total war, and total anus.

Democracy rises.

CBC:

British Columbia has elected its first ever majority-female legislature, with 49 MLAs identifying as women following the 2024 election.

They represent 52.7 per cent of the 93-seat house, with 31 female MLAs from the B.C. NDP and 18 from the B.C. Conservatives.

It’s the first time that’s happened at the provincial or federal level in Canadian history, according to advocacy organization Equal Voice.

The legislature of the Northwest Territories became the first in Canada to have a majority of female members after a byelection in 2021. The majority swung back to men after the 2023 territorial election.

Federally, female MPs make up 31 per cent of the House of Commons, according to Statistics Canada.

News of the majority-female legislature has drawn praise from an advocate and a former cabinet minister, who both said they hoped the policies that result will be more representative of the population at large.

“I think you’re seeing now that people are less likely to evaluate whether a candidate is a man or a woman and simply ask themselves, ‘Are they a good candidate?’ And that’s a real positive thing,” said Mary Polak, who held several ministerial posts with the B.C. Liberals.

Chi Nguyen, the executive director at Equal Voice, said that having a legislature that is representative of the province’s population could lead to a different working culture on the floor of the house.

“We do know that, you know, when we have a diversity of thinking and lots of different opinions around the table that we tend to see different kinds of policy outcomes come forward,” she said.

Why is this a Vietnamese woman?

What is going on in Canada?

Canada’s been hitting all sorts of negative records lately