Status of Women committee  They already are part of the process. I guess what I would argue--and many others would argue--is that the assertion of a pay equity right ought not simply to be part of the collective bargaining process. It ought not to be thrown into the mix of all the other things that are col

Status of Women committee  I would add to that as well the broader context of cuts that implicate women's access to justice generally. This is a specific concern. It's a concern as well because the complaint process is an individual one. Complaints about pay equity by definition are group complaints. That'

Status of Women committee  Who wants to go first?

Status of Women committee  I'm happy to jump in, but go ahead, Susan.

Status of Women committee  Very clearly the responsibility lies with the government. In this specific context, it lies with the government both as government per se and also as employer. It would be odd to say that you would place on an individual whose rights have been infringed the responsibility to en

Status of Women committee  Okay, thanks. There is a situation in the building of the new Olympic subway. Workers who came from Latin America on temporary visas were paid less than workers who came on temporary visas from Europe. That's another illustration of differential pay rates based not on gender dis

Status of Women committee  That's totally fine. I was just going to point out the broader backdrop of international rights, and I'll finish.

Status of Women committee  That's fine.

Status of Women committee  I think that's a really important question. One of the remarkable things about the change in the workforce pattern over the 20th century is the dramatic increase in women's involvement in the labour force, which is not to say there haven't always been women working outside the h

Status of Women committee  Thanks. I'm an associate professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia, where I teach in research, primarily in the area of constitutional law, with a focus on women's equality issues, social justice, and law and poverty. I want to begin today by provid