Status of Women committee  Prices don't actually increase at the same—

Status of Women committee  They might increase a little bit, but again, there have been numerous economic studies on this that show—

Status of Women committee  Yes, but if you look at places that have actually raised minimum wage or have higher wages, prices might be a little bit higher, but the actual net benefits are still greater to increasing the minimum wage than they are....

Status of Women committee  For employing people with disabilities, we had a whole separate submission on increasing accessibility for people with disabilities. But I think there are those programs you can set up working with employers in hiring and things like that and identifying people working with commu

Status of Women committee  I think there are a couple of things on that. There's having protected leave with some wage supplements so women don't economically suffer when they are the ones taking on the brunt of this. But I think we also need to look beyond just the individual responsibility and make sur

Status of Women committee  I've more or less already answered this question. Ms. Ludwig asked it: essentially, what do you say to small business owners? We go back to saying that, as it stands right now, wages stagnate, people are taking on more debt, people don't have disposable income in the way they n

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Status of Women committee  Manitoba, I believe, has passed legislation that provides for protected leave. The federal government could do something similar to create some sort of domestic violence leave that's protected for a certain number of days or even weeks, with some income replacement. I think it's

Status of Women committee  Defined benefits are always, as we say, the gold standard of pension plans. They are extremely important for maintaining economic security. Historically, especially when they were excluded from paid labour at the same level as men, women were often not covered by pension plans of

Status of Women committee  We don't. We represent workers in so many different industries that I can't say off the top of my head.

Status of Women committee  Just for the steel industry...?

Status of Women committee  Yes, they would be, but actual steelworkers—people working in the steel industry—are not the majority of our membership by any means.

Status of Women committee  We have 15,000 workers in post-secondary education. We have 5,000 in health care.

Status of Women committee  Yes, it is, usually.

Status of Women committee  But I will say that we have a number who are paid less than the $15, particularly in the security sector.