Human Resources committee  We would like to draw your attention to two issues that discriminate against women. I would also like to point out that our brief was signed by 17 women's groups. It was coordinated by the Conseil d'intervention pour l'accès des femmes au travail, Quebec's principal organization

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  One of the reasons why we adopted proactive legislation in Quebec and in Ontario is that the complaints-based system, which is still in effect in Canada, has not given us any results. Some of the cases have dragged on for 15 and 20 years. When Bell telephone operators got pay eq

Status of Women committee  I would also like to add that, in Quebec, self-employed workers are eligible for the Quebec parental insurance plan. At the federal level, over the past year or two, they have been able to buy into special employment insurance benefits, but it's very expensive and the conditions

Status of Women committee  Yes, I would like to talk about that. Among seniors, the housing issue is especially common with women who find themselves alone late in life. I think that adapted and affordable housing would be a very good initiative by the federal government, in collaboration with the provinc

Status of Women committee  I assume that you already have a lot of figures on the wage inequality between men and women, so I will not provide any figures. We actually sent you a 2015 document that provides a number of figures with respect to that. I will instead move on to the recommendations. First, we