Status of Women committee  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

Status of Women committee  In my opinion, it will not take much more time, because women will not be in a position to pay and to challenge their employer, since the union could be subject to a $50,000 fine. Pay equity is supposed to be negotiated, but if things don't work out and there are complaints, well

Status of Women committee  It would look like chaos. What would happen is that you would have bargaining units going to the table trying to figure out how to manage a fundamental human right. When they're putting their packages together, they're going to have to ask their members to decide whether pay equi

Status of Women committee  There is no other one.

Status of Women committee  This new legislation will in no way shorten the process. It puts women in a position where they have to negotiate pay equity at the bargaining table. That is the major problem. Unions may be put in a position where they will have to choose between pay equity and, possibly, specif

Status of Women committee  That's a good question. I have no idea, because the answers with respect to pay equity are in the study that was carried out only four year ago.

Status of Women committee  There's also access to experts. You can't send pay equity to a body that knows absolutely nothing about it. That's a very serious issue. At least with proactive legislation it goes to an expert. I want to make a quick comment about our sisters in Quebec. Within the last coup

Status of Women committee  Thank you. The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada appreciates the opportunity to address the standing committee on this issue. The CEP is one of Canada's largest sector unions, representing 130,000 workers in a wide range of occupations across Canada, inclu