Why Qualified People are Declining to Run for Office and How We Can Change That (with Angelia Wagner)

Angelia Wagner's new book, "The Candidacy Calculation" provides a crucial look into the barriers preventing people from running for office and the solutions political parties could pursue.

Today’s conversation is with Angelia Wagner, who recently published a fascinating book exploring an area of Canadian politics that has been under-researched: the thought-process that potential political candidates go through when deciding if they will run for office.

In The Candidacy Calculation (available for purchase here), she shares the findings from…