Mr. Speaker, I see that my colleague opposite has also come up with many findings on the status of women. However, the measures he has described are mostly social in nature. They are very worthwhile measures but today's motion deals with the economic measures intended to promote women's equality.
In this regard, I would like to ask the hon. member opposite what he thinks of the proposed labour code reform. I know that in 1993, Bloc members proposed an amendment to harmonize with Quebec's occupational health and safety commission the benefits paid to pregnant women withdrawn from work for precautionary reasons. I know that an internal document is circulating, which totally ignores the motion proposed by Bloc members, even though it was supported by their Liberal colleagues.
Today is a day of action, a day on which we are asking the government to take concrete measures favouring women. In this matter, we see that there are two classes of female workers. Federal public servants who become pregnant and must be withdrawn from work for precautionary reasons earn less than their Quebec counterparts-I think they receive 60 per cent of their salary compared with 95 per cent in Quebec.
Why are they not taking this into account in the proposed reform of precautionary withdrawal?