Why aren’t more women in Canada in positions of political power?

Toronto has recently elected Rob Ford as our new mayor. Of the top mayoral candidates, there was one female, Sarah Thomson. Sarah Thomson dropped out of the race at a critical time in order to lend her support to George Smitherman.

In the words of Sarah,

“I really want everyone to know that we have to come together and work together to make this better and George is the one to lead us,” she said.

“I just wanted to show people that I’m behind him and I’ll be behind him until the end.”

From The National Post on October 10th, 2010.

Read Columnist Chantal Herbert’s “Where are all the big-city women mayors?” in which she makes reference to “Canada’s sturdy political glass ceiling.”

From the Toronto Star on October 25th 2010