Finance committee  As those monies are transferred to provinces, there's no accountability. The provinces were able to spend as they saw fit to meet their needs for services to their residents.

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, in pay equity, the evaluation was made based on an analysis of hourly earnings, so it would have captured all full-time and part-time workers. An assessment by certain groups was not done in this analysis to disaggregate the full amount.

Status of Women committee  With the passage of the act in December 2018 as part of the budget implementation bill, the pay equity commissioner was first appointed in September 2019—so roughly nine or ten months later. I understand that she was re-appointed for a second term this past September. The office

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, the pay equity regime codifies a set of steps, a set of processes. Employers will need to implement the regime within their workplace, and that would be, of course, a benefit to the employees. Codifying this takes away some of the burden of employees make a complaint

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. As soon as the act comes into force, which is expected in early 2021, the employers have three years to implement their pay equity regime. An employer may request a lengthening of the period, due to some difficulties or their size, but it would be for

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, these regulations were detailing some of the aspects of the methods that employers would be using to assess the value of employment for those job classes that are predominantly female against those that are predominantly male. Other aspects included in these costs we