Gender balance for cabinets, but not for the population. The contrast is stark for federal Liberals who rebuilt their political brand in no small part on a commitment to equity. Over the last 10 years, Canada’s historically steady male-to-female ratio has skewed as yet another side effect of unsustainable, under-considered immigration policies.
Prior to 2016, the gender ratio hovered in a narrow 98 to 98.5 men per 100 women band for decades, maintaining a very slight female majority. As women tend to live longer than men, the long-term average difference between the sexes in their prime years was zero.
