Breaking glass ceilings ‘just got a little bit harder’ after Clinton loss: Wynne
TORONTO — Ontario’s first female leader says the task of shattering glass ceilings “just got a little bit harder” after Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in the American election.
Premier Kathleen Wynne told The Canadian Press that she, like many other people, had hoped the United States would elect its first female president because it would have been inspiring for young women. But it’s not like the path to equality hasn’t taken hits before, she said.
“There have been many setbacks, and it’s not like we were guaranteed this was the final step that had to be taken in breaking all glass ceilings,” said the province’s first female leader. “There’s a lot of work to be done — unfortunately the task just got a little bit harder.”
Wynne, echoing Clinton’s concession speech Wednesday, said it’s important not to get discouraged, even though it is easy to “because of some of the attitudes that were stirred up during the election campaign.”