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September 19, 2021: Liberal: First Afghan-Canadian women elected to Parliament President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada; Minister of Democratic Institutions (2015–2017) Minister of International Development (2019) Minister for the Status of Women/Women and Gender Equality (2017–2021) Minister of Rural Economic Development (2019–2021)
August 20 - The 1973 Artistic Woodwork strike begins. It ends on December 5, 1973. [4] October 17 - OPEC dramatically raises the price of oil. This is a boon to Alberta but hurts central Canada. November 1 - Waterloo Lutheran University is renamed Wilfrid Laurier University; November 13 - A jury refuses to convict Henry Morgentaler for ...
After one of the 10 male MLAs resigned his seat in 2021, the resulting by-election was won by a woman, making the Northwest Territories the first jurisdiction in Canadian history to have an outright majority of its legislators be women. [4] As of 2010, Canada ranked 50th in the world for women's participation in politics, with women holding ...
This is a list of women's firsts noting the first time that a woman or women ... 1973 Rosella Bjornson ... 2020: Rania Llewellyn, first female bank CEO in Canada. [64 ...
March 13 – A treaty between Canada and Denmark is ratified, establishing the maritime border between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland (Denmark). Measuring approximately 1,449.4 nautical miles (2,684.3 km; 1,667.9 mi), it is the longest negotiated international continental shelf boundary.
August 27, 2021 Conservative: Stephen Harper [3] Carolyn Stewart Olsen: New Brunswick: August 27, 2009 July 27, 2021 Conservative: Stephen Harper [3] Diane Griffin: Prince Edward Island: November 10, 2016 March 18, 2022 Canadian Senators Group: Justin Trudeau [3] Patricia Bovey: Manitoba: November 10, 2016 May 15, 2023 Progressive Senate Group ...
The number of women in the Canadian Parliament has been slowly but steadily increasing since the 1980s [9] and has reached its highest point following the 2021 Canadian federal election where women made up 30.5% [10] of the Canadian House of Commons, higher than the global average of 25.7% [11] and surpassing the 1995 United Nations goal of 30% ...
However, in a country where women make up a slim majority of the population at 50.4% as of 2010, [13] the 43rd Canadian Parliament still falls short when it comes to achieving gender parity in government. Canada also currently ranks 53rd in the world in gender representation in government which is behind the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Rwanda. [10]