Federal Budget 2018: What’s in it, and what’s not (but should be!)
EXCERPTSPay EquityCUPE is pleased to see Budget 2018 announce forthcoming pay equity legislation which will apply to federally-regulated workers and federal contractors. CUPEhas urged the federal...
View ArticleCanada’s unions encouraged by federal budget commitments on pharmacare and...
EXCERPTSCanada’s unions say they are pleased to see this year’s federal budget commit to moving forward on universal pharmacare and pay equity.Today’s federal budget commits to setting up an Advisory...
View ArticleNew parental leave planned in budget aims to get women into workforce
Upcoming federal budget to include a five-week incentive for new dads to take parental leave EXCERPTSIntroducing a new incentive for fathers to take parental leave has largely been driven by the...
View ArticleA gender budget needs meaningful changes to parental leave and pay equity
EXCERPTSBudget 2018 is being advertised as a truly comprehensive gender budget, with two key pieces of that being use-it-or-lose-it paternity leave, and action on pay equity.
View ArticleFederal Budget 2018: Liberals pledge new leave option for 2-parent families
EXCERPTSThe Trudeau Liberals took baby steps in their bid to reshape the social safety net Tuesday with a new, "use-it-or-lose-it'' leave option for new parents and a modest increase in the value of a...
View ArticleIt’s time for a feminist policy approach
EXCERPTSMore informed and balanced policy is the way forward toward equalityAs we approach International Women’s Day on March 8, it’s a good time to take a look at the status of women in Alberta.
View ArticleFederal budget stresses need for gender equality but offers little cash
EXCERPTSThe Liberal government's new economic plan extolls the need to create more space for women in the Canadian work force but offers little financial assistance to make that happen.Finance...
View ArticleCanada just released a gender-based budget and this is WTF that means
An explainer. EXCERPTSThis budget is the first to include gender-based analysis across all departments.Gender-based analysis is a way for policymakers to evaluate how programs impact men, women, and...
View ArticleIntersectional feminist frameworks: An emerging vision
IntroductionHow, in a country which boasts eight consecutive years of budget surpluses have Canadians allowed poverty to persist and grow? Among those most affected are women and children. One in...
View ArticleOntario to bring in ‘pay transparency’ bill that aims to close gender wage gap
EXCERPTSSaying efforts to narrow the gender wage gap are not working, the Ontario government will soon force firms to disclose salary ranges in jobs ads and also report to the province what they pay...
View ArticleArmine Yalnizyan on children and women's pay
DescriptionHow does timing when you have a child change the amount of money you make in your life? That's what business commentator Armine Yalnizyan speaks to us about.-reprinted from CBC Radio One
View ArticleWhy women’s economic equality is lagging under Trudeau
For a government that claims to be feminist, it has barely moved the dial on childcare, pay equity and better jobs for women, says a new report EXCERPTSPrime Minister Trudeau is prone to pointing out...
View ArticleTrudeau government is behind on pay equity, women’s employment: Oxfam report
EXCERPTSWhile the Liberal government is working to advance gender equality in Canada and abroad, progress is “lacking” on pay equity and women’s employment, states a new report from Oxfam Canada.Oxfam...
View ArticlePay equity legislation is important, but that alone will not close the gap...
EXCERPTSThere were a lot of old ghosts haunting the Liberal government when it tabled its budget on February 27. But have these spectres brought change to women’s lives this International Women’s Day?...
View ArticleWhy the gender budget is important to Canada - and what it got wrong
Opinion EXCERPTSKate Bezanson is chair and associate professor of sociology at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont.The new federal budget may have been Canada’s first gender-equality budget, but...
View ArticleFathers remain locked out of family life
EXCERPTSA new report from the Women and Equalities Select Committee, released yesterday, recommends changes to policies to help working fathers to balance their parental responsibilities with work....
View ArticleMPs call for reform of workplace policies to support fathers
The Women and Equalities Committee is urging the Government to bring in 12 weeks' paid paternity leave for fathers because current policies do not meet the needs of families. EXCERPTSIts report on...
View ArticleRevealed: Childcare workers paid less than McDonald’s workers
EXCERPTSChildcare workers responsible for caring for children in their most critical years of development are among the lowest-paid workers in Australia, The New Daily can reveal.On Tuesday, roughly...
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