Kathleen Wynne: Hazel McCallion was a champion who defied stereotype

With her salty laugh and her no-nonsense advice, Hazel McCallion charmed us, chastised us and loved us. To be honest, Hazel and I had some feisty conversations about development issues — especially when it came to the Greenbelt. Hazel was always impatient about the exclusion of women from work, politics or sport. Hazel told a great story about the fight in Mississauga in 1979 to allow women to be hired as garbage collectors. Kathleen Wynne was the premier of Ontario from 2013 to 2018 and the province’s first female premier.