Finance committee  Two-thirds of the mothers with their youngest child in preschool or kindergarten were in the workforce in 2009. Women's increased labour force participation has been supported by a multi-decade trend toward increased attainment of higher education. Women have risen from 32% of

Finance committee  Thank you, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to the committee. I'm here representing the YWCA Canada, as director of advocacy and public policy. For over 100 years, YWCA Canada has advocated for policies and programs that improve the lives of women and girls. As the cou

Finance committee  The proposal was to transfer funds, but also to control how those funds were spent in the sense of setting up a system of values. We heard from a lot of different presenters in their fields that you can't just transfer funds; you have to say how they're going to be spent. The Qu

Finance committee  We welcome all extensions of employment insurance at this time. In a previous round of budgeting we submitted material on employment insurance, but we were asked to talk about only three items. We welcome it, but we also see that a lot of other people are excluded from employment

Finance committee  In terms of reducing family poverty, my priority would be to put as much of it as possible into a direct federal transfer to low-income families. I realize that in this economy, $5,200 per child per year is a lot of money, but I would certainly suggest a lot go into there. The

Finance committee  Good morning. I'm Ann Decter, and I'm the director of advocacy and public policy at YWCA Canada. Thank you for inviting us to appear before the committee today. YWCA Canada is the nation's oldest and largest multi-service women’s organization. Our 33-member associations across t