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e-943 (Pay equity)
- Keywords
- Equal opportunities
- Pay equity
E-petition
Initiated by Dave Lapointe from Verdun, Quebec
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- A pay gap between women and men exists in Canada. Women earn on average $0.75 for every $1.00 men make;
- The current Liberal government has made efforts and promises towards eliminating the wage gap but so far nothing concrete has been implemented by parliament;
- Iceland recently became the first country in the world to officially require equal pay for women. Their new law has made it mandatory for every company, both public and private, with 25 or more employees to obtain a certificate proving that they pay all employees equally “regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, or nationality";
- We have the most feminist government in Canadian history, which currently holds a majority in parliament, and as such has the ability to pass legislation similar to Iceland's to require all companies to prove they pay all employees equally.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to study the recent pay equity legislation that was recently passed in Iceland and implement a similar law in Canada requiring all companies, public and private, to prove they pay all employees equally regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, or nationality.
- Open for signature
- April 7, 2017, at 1:20 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- August 5, 2017, at 1:20 p.m. (EDT)
