Marci Ien
Marci Ien is a Canadian politician and former broadcaster who served as minister for women and gender equality and youth from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Ien represented Toronto Centre in the House of Commons from 2020 to 2025. Previously, she was a broadcast journalist for CTV. She co-hosted the CTV daytime talk show The Social from 2017 until 2020. Previously, she was a reporter for CTV News and a co-anchor on the CTV morning program Canada AM. As a child, she appeared regularly on the Christian children's show Circle Square.
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Aug 27, 2026
Far Left
The women and gender equality minister is under fire for slow rollout of the national childcare program, particularly in provinces and territories.
NDP supporters see this as a failure of Liberal delivery on a key social program, which they championed for decades.