Mr. Speaker, a woman earns 70¢ for every dollar a man earns but an immigrant woman only earns 56¢ for every dollar a man earns. Women, by and large, will not qualify for employment insurance and there is nothing in the budget to make it easier for them to qualify.
The budget also denies women access to the Canadian Human Rights Act. Clause 399 of the budget implementation bill states:
40.2 The Commission does not have jurisdiction to deal with complaints made against an employer....
--even if--
the employer has engaged in a discriminatory practice referred to in section 7 or 10
--or 11 of the Human Rights Act. I have heard that the hon. member and his party are against the amendment to this pay equity section. Will he or will he not move an amendment to delete clause 399 in the budget implementation bill as it has nothing to do with stimulating the economy, protecting the most vulnerable, creating jobs or protecting jobs?