Melanie Joly is spending a lot of time lately telling women — and herself — that motherhood and politics can mix. In addition to her job as regional economic minister in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, Joly has also been asked to recruit candidates to run for the Liberals in the next election. Joly, as it happens, is very personally invested in the idea that motherhood shouldn’t be an obstacle to a political career like hers. “It’s my own struggle right now because I’m trying to have a family,” Joly said in an interview. “We want to have a family and we’ll have a family,” Joly says.

Source: thestar May 22, 2021 12:56 UTC