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Liberals will fight for equal rights for women

Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value

Pay equity, or equal pay for work of equal value, is a fundamental right that ensures economic fairness in our workforce. Despite progress over many years, the income gap between women and men in Canada persists. For example, women aged 50 to 54 earn just 72 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn. Statistics Canada data suggest the progress of younger women in narrowing the gap has stalled in recent years. Pay equity also remains an issue for people with disabilities, and visible minorities.

As the country’s largest employer, the federal government has a duty to lead by example on equal compensation. That is why a Liberal government will reverse the Harper government’s decision to reduce pay equity to an ordinary labour relations and collective bargaining issue in federally regulated industries. We would instead create an effective, proactive system for implementing and monitoring pay equity at the federal level in which equality is again recognized as a human right.

On May 2nd you have a chance to shape Canada's future. Commit to vote for pay equity and Women's rights.

  1. Liberals unmask Conservative agenda: Harper will turn back the clock on women’s rights

    April 21, 2011

    OTTAWA – A recording obtained by the Liberal Party confirms the Harper Conservatives’ plan to defund Planned Parenthood and turn back the clock on women’s rights, [...]  More »

  2. Online town hall with Canadian parents and Michael Ignatieff

    April 16, 2011

    Parents: this is your chance to get answers directly from the person who could be Prime Minister. Join Michael Ignatieff online at 12:30pm EDT this Saturday, April 16th for an informal policy briefing and question and answer session.  More »

  3. Conservative MP must apologize to all seniors for her “expiry date” slur

    March 29, 2011

    WINNIPEG – Liberal Winnipeg South Centre MP Anita Neville is demanding Conservative Saint Boniface MP Shelly Glover apologize to all seniors for disparaging them by referring [...]  More »

  4. Calling all Liberal women

    March 8, 2011

    As the mother of two very young girls (one four and the other one-a-half years old) with a full-time job outside the home, I feel like every minute away from them needs to count. Yesterday was worth every second.  More »

  5. Statement by the Liberal Party of Canada on the 100th International Women’s Day

    March 7, 2011

    Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day: “100 years ago tomorrow, the first International Women’s Day was [...]  More »

  6. Conservative Ministers don’t have a plan to prevent violence against women and human trafficking

    March 1, 2011

    In response to tough questions from Liberal MPs, Conservative Minister for Status of Women Rona Ambrose and Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson conceded today that the [...]  More »

  7. Ambrose’s UN speech on women distorts her government’s record

    February 25, 2011

    Status of Women Minister Rona Ambrose’s account of what the Harper Conservatives have done for Canadian women and their efforts to improve the lives of women [...]  More »

  8. Canadian women are worse off after five years of Harper

    February 3, 2011

    Liberal MPs held a press conference today to highlight how the Harper Conservative government has spent the last five years turning back the clock on women’s [...]  More »

  9. After Five Years of Harper, are Canadian women better off?

    January 14, 2011

    Over the past five years the Harper Conservatives have made substantial cuts to the regional offices of Status of Women Canada, cancelled funding for research and advocacy by women’s organizations, scrapped the long-form census used by policy makers to analyze gender representation, cancelled the Court Challenges Program, and launched an ideological crusade to eliminate the life-saving long-gun registry. And the list goes on.  More »

  10. Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on 40th anniversary of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada

    December 7, 2010

    Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on the 40th anniversary of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada: “Forty years ago [...]  More »

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