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One in four women in Quebec's National Assembly aren't seeking re-election. What happened?

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May 11, 2022

One in four women in Quebec's National Assembly aren't seeking re-election. What happened?

Source: CBC News

For women leaving Quebec politics, is quitting an act of self-preservation?

The night she was elected in October 2018, Catherine Dorion ran up onto the stage in Quebec City and briefly stared at the crowd, shaking her fists in the air and laughing with tears in her eyes. 

"I'm not the one who won in Taschereau, we did. It's everyone who is here and it's everyone in Taschereau!" she said in her victory speech. 

She wore a black tuque and a cropped pink t-shirt with three white flamingos on it. The campaign signs intentionally placed inside the venue were grafittied, including one that featured a defaced portrait of Dorion.

Click here to read the full article published by CBC News on 9 May 2022.

Region
Author
Verity Stevenson
Publisher
CBC News
Publication year
2022

For women leaving Quebec politics, is quitting an act of self-preservation?

The night she was elected in October 2018, Catherine Dorion ran up onto the stage in Quebec City and briefly stared at the crowd, shaking her fists in the air and laughing with tears in her eyes. 

"I'm not the one who won in Taschereau, we did. It's everyone who is here and it's everyone in Taschereau!" she said in her victory speech. 

She wore a black tuque and a cropped pink t-shirt with three white flamingos on it. The campaign signs intentionally placed inside the venue were grafittied, including one that featured a defaced portrait of Dorion.

Click here to read the full article published by CBC News on 9 May 2022.

Region
Author
Verity Stevenson
Publisher
CBC News
Publication year
2022