Pay Equity committee  I would just like to disagree with my esteemed witnesses by saying that in 25 years in Ontario of having the Pay Equity Act, we have not closed the gender wage gap. I think without looking at both problems simultaneously, by introducing pay equity without introducing measures to

Pay Equity committee  I haven't looked specifically at that EI system, but I would say one of the shortfalls of EI has always been the inflexibility of taking time off, being able to take off short periods of time and be compensated for that. In Ontario we have job protection for short periods of tim

Pay Equity committee  Sometimes we see that the caregiving leaves are even shorter if you don't have somebody who's critically ill. You may have family members who are just somewhat ill.

Pay Equity committee  If I can just elaborate, the care penalty really refers to that penalty you get if you go into a caring profession that is undervalued and underpaid but you choose to do that because you care about the individuals, whether it's child care or home care. You sacrifice pay. Women do

Pay Equity committee  I would like to say that the precarious workers of the 21st century really have no voice in terms of the types of employment they are engaged in, contract work, and things like that. I think one of the key areas we can help is trying to bring those workers together in some form,

Pay Equity committee  I believe they will. They are based on employment and also on human rights. I think that they could be adopted into the federal profiles.

Pay Equity committee  Okay. I think if we can stop this cycle, it should be the highest priority of the Canadian government. Thank you.

Pay Equity committee  Thank you. I don't have the video myself, but it sounds like the audio is here, so I'll jump right in. In the interest of time, I will go right to my points, if that's all right. The gender wage gap, I believe, is a symptom of a systemic undervaluing of women that exists worldwi

Pay Equity committee  Thank you. Good evening, esteemed members of the special committee. It's an honour to be invited to participate in this important work. As you noted, I am the immediate past-president of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Ontario [Technical difficulty—Editor]—

Pay Equity committee  Okay, I was explaining that BPW stands for business and professional women, and it's a non-sectarian, non-profit, non-partisan, feminist organization that promotes the interests of working women. It operates within Canada and internationally, and has consultative status with the