Pay Equity Committee on April 20th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #6 for Pay Equity in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was gender.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Pay Equity

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Peter Engelmann Partner, Goldblatt Partners LLP, Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers

Colleen Bauman Partner, Goldblatt Partners LLP, Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers

Kate McInturff Senior Researcher, National Office, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Kathleen Lahey Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, As an Individual

Daphne Taras Dean, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan, As an Individual

Margot Young Professor, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, As an Individual

Julie Mackenzie Committee Researcher

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anita Vandenbeld

In the interests of time, it sounds as though we would want the library to provide some kind of a framework, not so much specific decisions but something that would just guide and put our deliberations into buckets, perhaps, so that it's a little bit easier to—

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC

If I may say so, there's nothing stopping individual members from starting to collect their thoughts on certain areas. Then when we actually sit down we will give direction to the library analyst as to what we'd like to see in the report and give her some greater context as to what we'd like to have drafted. Those conversations usually take place when we've completed testimony or are near completion of testimony.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anita Vandenbeld

Ms. Dzerowicz.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Julie Dzerowicz Liberal Davenport, ON

We obviously disagree.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC

I've never seen it.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Julie Dzerowicz Liberal Davenport, ON

Again, we're not looking at drafting legislation. All we're saying is that there are certain buckets of questions, whether it's scope, the model, or the job classification. It just helps us with the framework to be able to start targeting some of our questions and to be consistent.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC

I would suggest that if the committee wants more briefing notes, Madam Chair, then that's fine. But it did sound as though the member was trying to say that, based on the testimony we've heard, we'd like to start framing a report. I don't think we're at that point. I'm not going to belabour the point. I think I've expressed it clearly.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anita Vandenbeld

I think, just for clarification, we will take Ms. Dzerowicz's idea and make a request to the library but make sure that it is in no way prescriptive or the beginning of a report. It's just something that can inform, based on—

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC

It's just information seeking.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anita Vandenbeld

Wonderful.

Seeing the hour, it is twenty-five to nine, so unless there is anything further, thank you very much.

Thank you to our witnesses.

The meeting is adjourned.