Finance committee  Quite frankly, it's an insurance policy and it's actually not really a figure at all. It's not real money. I personally earn 9.375 hours a month. I have over 3,000 hours in my bank that I will never use. When Mr. Clement, the President of Treasury Board, is asked where he gets t

Finance committee  I'm not at all sure. I can tell you that over 60% of my members are women. That I can tell you.

Finance committee  I think that—

Finance committee  I could share with you this brief—I think it's actually from the Parliamentary Budget Officer—where they speak to how it is an older workforce, certainly—

Finance committee  Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to appear today on Bill C-59. I will address part 3, division 20, on the sick leave and disability programs. Since 2007 the Supreme Court of Canada has issued a number of of important rulings on the subject of freedom of association i

Status of Women committee  We certainly don't have the statistics here, but I would imagine that it wouldn't be that difficult to research. We'll put it into our brief.

Status of Women committee  The changes that took place now have dictated, if you will, that unions can no longer represent their members in a pay equity complaint. Should we counsel or should we try to represent them, then it's a $10,000 fine. What the PSECA says is that they want unions to negotiate pay

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry, it is $50,000. I should have known that.

Status of Women committee  I can tell you what happened before PSECA. For example, PSAC filed a pay equity complaint 30 years ago for Canada Post. It's the most recent one, and it was just accomplished last year. We represented that all the way through, through all of the courts. If that were to take pla

Status of Women committee  Sir, I would suggest to you that we have, in the past, and will continue to do so, negotiate fair and equitable collective agreements, but we also have to listen to our membership when 28% believe they have been denied opportunities for career advancement. This is from surveys t

Status of Women committee  We did, as you well know.

Status of Women committee  There are still some groups, and we can get back to you with exactly which groups that....

Status of Women committee  We file pay equity complaints of which we just settled four or five last year, sir. We just settled the one that was outstanding for 30 years with Canada Post. So, it's all about when the government will settle with us. That is when we will be able to rectify the situation.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I wouldn't say it's our number one take away, but I certainly look at women being promoted within the federal government and the agencies, and one of the things we consider to be a barrier is the absence of a universal child care system. So, yes, it's a barrier that we see.