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{
"time": "2012-05-16 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Anne-Marie Day (Charlesbourg\u2014Haute-Saint-Charles, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Anne-Marie Day (Charlesbourg\u2014Haute-Saint-Charles, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2870758\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, 35 years ago, Parliament passed legislation making discrimination against women in the workplace illegal. The legislation states that wage disparities between male and female employees who perform work of equal value are discriminatory.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2870759\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In 2009, instead of proposing proactive measures for women who are still fighting for pay equity, the Conservative government took a step backward and passed the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act, which effectively takes away the right to pay equity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2870760\" data-originallang=\"fr\">From Bell Canada employees to public service clerks and Canada Post employees, these women have had to fight for decades to get compensation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2870761\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Conservatives refuse to recognize wage discrimination and are attacking women yet again in their budget by eliminating employment equity as it applies to federal contracts.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2870762\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The right to pay equity is a fundamental, non-negotiable right. It is high time that the government passed federal pay equity legislation.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2870758\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il y a 35 ans, le Parlement a adopt\u00e9 une loi qui rend ill\u00e9gale la discrimination \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des femmes en milieu de travail. Cette loi sp\u00e9cifie que la disparit\u00e9 salariale entre les hommes et les femmes qui ex\u00e9cutent un travail d'\u00e9gale valeur constitue un acte discriminatoire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2870759\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En 2009, au lieu de proposer des mesures proactives aux femmes qui se battent encore pour l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 salariale, le gouvernement conservateur a r\u00e9gress\u00e9 en adoptant la Loi sur l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 dans la r\u00e9mun\u00e9ration du secteur public qui n'admet plus l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 salariale comme un droit de la personne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2870760\" data-originallang=\"fr\">De Bell Canada, aux travailleuses de bureau de la fonction publique, en passant par Postes Canada, ces femmes ont d\u00fb se battre pendant des d\u00e9cennies pour obtenir compensation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2870761\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les conservateurs refusent de reconna\u00eetre la discrimination salariale et s'attaquent de nouveau aux femmes, dans leur budget, en \u00e9liminant l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 en mati\u00e8re d'emploi qui s'applique aux contrats f\u00e9d\u00e9raux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2870762\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le droit \u00e0 l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 salariale est un droit fondamental non n\u00e9gociable. Il est grand temps que le gouvernement adopte une loi f\u00e9d\u00e9rale sur l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 salariale. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/5/16/anne-marie-day-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/anne-marie-day/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4131/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7588367",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Pay Equity",
"fr": "L'\u00e9quit\u00e9 salariale"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/5/16/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F5%2F16%2F"
}
}