I play a game with this columnist's columns--read to see how far in before something lamentable pops up.
Todays' involved a first paragrapher!
"They are great examples of how to succeed – no gender quotas required." 
Er, yes, Wynne, Clark, and Notley were elected. But in some corporate and university and bureaucratic cultures where women can't get a break, quotas are sometimes required. Hiring committees aren't a whole electorate consistently made half up of women. Apples and boxcars, Mags.
Will play again tomorrow. See if I can get farther than the first paragraph.