Bill C-284
Status of Women Canada Act
An Act respecting Status of Women Canada
Sponsor
Irene Mathyssen NDP
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Status
Introduction and First Reading
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Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-284, An Act respecting Status of Women Canada.
Mr. Speaker, this bill seeks to re-establish the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. As we know, Canada is a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and encourages the advancement and full participation of women in all spheres of life.
We know the commission was unceremoniously defunded in 1996 and its work was clearly not done. Its role was to advise the minister, promote gender equality and advance the full participation of women in our country.
With the current government, we have seen nothing but defunding of programs that would indeed advance the equality of women. It is time that we once again had an advocate who could advise the minister to ensure that women are regarded as they should be.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)