This is "interesting".
I live in the most "progressive" city in the most "progressive" country in North America. The city council in its wisdom for instance has created $65 million in bicycle lanes to combat global warming, and you can only ride a bike five months of the year. We have a "no nuke" by law preventing any form of nuclear technology within city limits so the Russians can't bomb us, and city hall itself is designated "cultural linear" meaning the staff, in numbers should reflect the percentages of cultures in the city, European, Asian, South Asian/Indian, Filipino, and First Nations.
The members of this council have been the vanguard of gay and lesbian rights, and refuses to accept the federal government's mandate on marijuana growing and dispensing.
We have a Chinese Canadian chief of Police, and the VPD has the highest percentage of women of any force in Canada. Being arrested by a petite Asian woman can be fun....I am told.
However, there is an outright ban on women in the fire department. It has been tried and is deemed to be unsafe. Women gave up applying several years ago
Like I say, interesting.