'As much progress as we've seen, I think that that concept of the ‘all boys club’ is still existent,' says Timmins Mayor Michelle Boileau
It had a profound impact and fuelled a passion for politics in the now Town of Cochrane councillor.
While they’re working through a formal registration process, Boileau said over 30 women have engaged in the group thus far. “I was raised really not to consider my femininity in any of the desires for my life … I really hadn't seen any negative effects of femininity and then coming into politics, it's inescapable that you can be seen as less than just by virtue of the fact that you're female,” she said.
“So, it's really something to behold when you get into politics how attacked you can being merely for being female.”“We represent half of the population and so it's important that that representation be at decision making tables. We have different perspectives, different life experiences. There are some experiences that women go through that only women go through,” she said.
At the 2023 Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference, Boileau shared frustration about the lack of women on council with Fort.NOW started to take shape.
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