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Status of Women committee Yes, one of the questions was “How interested are you in politics?” The response categories were “very interested”, “somewhat interested”, “not very interested”, and “not at all interested“. What we found is that the highest proportion of women who reported to be “very interested
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee In Nova Scotia, women were at 15%.
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee It was 2013.
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Anna Kemeny
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee Generally, for the social surveys we tend to do five-year intervals, but we actually have more subject matter areas now, so some of them are spaced apart a little more.
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee I have the other percentages as well but we'll look to the extremes, whether they're interested or not at all interested. The overall figure in Canada, as you can see from your infographic, is.... Do you want men and women or just women?
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee So the Canadian average is 15%. Newfoundland and Labrador is 12%. Prince Edward Island is 17%, but that's a number that should be treated with caution. Nova Scotia, as I said, is 15%. New Brunswick is 9%. Quebec is 18%. Ontario is 15%. Manitoba is 13%. Saskatchewan is 12%. Alber
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee I think it's something like 52% or 53%.
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee We can probably get that for you if you want exact percentages.
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee We don't have that on hand.
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee I don't think so.
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee I have a couple of those reasons. They are not informed and we talked about that. They are not interested is the same for men and women, which is 20% for both. Some felt that voting would not make a difference and that was their reason for not voting. Men were quite a bit more li
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee Those who felt that voting would not make a difference as a reason for not voting, where men would be 9% and women would be 5%.
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Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee Not really, not in comparison with that.
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Anna Kemeny
Status of Women committee I have some of the numbers here. For example, if you look at being members of a school group, neighbourhood or civic organization, we have 20% of women and 15% of men who are members. We have talked already about members of political groups. I could actually get you the data for
June 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Anna Kemeny