Status of Women committee  Thanks for the question. One of the factors that would drive the young girls, obviously, is good pay, because these are jobs that really pay much more than doing hair and selling things in a store. There has been a slight increase. We've been working hard, as a women's movement

Status of Women committee  This comes to back to the discussion we just had with Ms. Ambler on employment equity. The budget indeed proposes to eliminate in practice the contractual obligation. This obligation targets private companies under provincial jurisdiction that have more than 100 employees and tha

Status of Women committee  Yes, on that huge question.... It's obviously really important for women to decide whether they want to have kids or not, first of all, and if they do want to have kids, when they will have them and in what conditions. Child care has been identified by Supreme Court Judge Rosalie

Status of Women committee  The data that is available is data collected under the public service employee survey. Unfortunately, the question that is asked in the survey is just an overall question on harassment. It covers sexual harassment, but it can cover harassment on the basis of ethnic origin, religi

Status of Women committee  My understanding is there's been a slight increase since the last public service employee survey. We're now at 31% of women reporting harassment. If I remember correctly, it was 29% in the 2009 survey, so there is a slight increase. We are concerned that increase might be the eff