Statement made on 29 January 2009 by Senator Grant Mitchell
Hon. Grant Mitchell:
Honourable senators, today President Obama signed pay equity legislation — a breath of fresh air in North America. On the other hand, Prime Minister Harper, who was put on probation yesterday, wants to prohibit Canadian women from taking pay equity cases before the Canadian Human Rights Commission, arguing that they can use the collective bargaining process instead.
What good would the collective bargaining process be to the majority of underpaid, unequally paid women when they do not belong to unions and therefore do not have access to the collective bargaining process?
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