Status of Women Committee on Nov. 7th, 2017

Evidence of meeting #77 for Status of Women in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was teachers.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Economic Security of Women in Canada

MPs speaking

Emmanuella Lambropoulos

Also speaking

Carolyn Van Director, Youth Programming, Canada Learning Code

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Marie-Hélène Sauvé

Bonnie Brayton National Executive Director, DAWN Canada, DisAbled Women's Network Canada

Michael Holden Chief Economist, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Elise Maheu Board Member and Director, Government Affairs, 3M Canada, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Justine Akman Director General, Policy and External Relations, Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women

Nancy Gardiner Senior Director General, Women’s Program and Regional Operations, Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women

12:55 p.m.

National Executive Director, DAWN Canada, DisAbled Women's Network Canada

Bonnie Brayton

I have one statistic to share.

12:55 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio

Go for it.

12:55 p.m.

National Executive Director, DAWN Canada, DisAbled Women's Network Canada

Bonnie Brayton

The Canadian Human Rights Commission reviews complaints at the federal level. Sixty per cent of all human rights complaints in Canada were disability-related. Among those, the highest number was employment. The data is there. The policies need to be addressed.

Thank you.

12:55 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio

That's excellent.

Thank you so much.

I'd like to thank the witnesses for coming today: Bonnie Brayton from the DisAbled Women's Network Canada, thank you for getting here from Montreal; from the Canada Learning Code, Carolyn Van; from the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, Michael Holden and Elise Maheu; and from Status of Women Canada, Justine Akman and Nancy Gardiner.

Thanks very much for participating today. We really appreciate it.

The meeting is adjourned.