The act was adopted in 1996. It was put in force in 1997. But there was a chapter at the time that allowed for exemptions, and we contested the constitutionality of that. This took many years to resolve, and in 2004 there was a Superior Court decision declaring the exemption process unconstitutional. This had obviously taken a lot of energy from the pay equity commission. We all started really working on pay equity plans in Quebec after that decision in 2004.
On April 18th, 2016. See this statement in context.