I agree. There's a significant concern, as you identified; it's a foundational, constitutional principle that a right must have a remedy. Under the current PSECA regime, there is no remedy for women, particularly the most vulnerable and most marginalized women. There's no right to pay equity under this regime following that line of reasoning. One of the reasons you've identified there is no remedy is that marginalized women are simply going to be unable to bring large systemic cases before an expert body. It's simply impossible. I agree it's a significant concern, and there's a larger pattern currently in terms of women's access to justice, whether it's through cuts to legal aid or the elimination of the court challenges program. These are all very significant issues, I agree.
On June 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.