Yes, most definitely there are advantages, but what has to be recognized is that the advantages are not gender equal, and they're not equal by age, either. This is a system that is actually contributing to the growing income inequality between women and men on an after-tax basis in Canada. Canada has a very low rate of redistribution when it comes to getting women out of that low-income category.
On September 28th, 2017. See this statement in context.