We tend to forget that women pay taxes too. If you put more money in their pockets, how can that not be a good thing? Employers are finding that the rate of people staying in jobs that are well paid is greater, so you don't have this high turnover all the time, and you don't have the retraining that you have to do for lower-paying jobs, or where there are inequities. Not one employer in Quebec closed its doors because of proactive pay equity legislation. It's a win-win for everybody—for women, for employers, and certainly for the government, who likes to pick up on those taxes.
On May 14th, 2009. See this statement in context.