Newfoundland and Labrador is promising it will soon create legislation to reduce the gender wage gap in the province, despite five years with little movement on it. But Katherine Scott says Canada still has work to do in creating a more equitable society.
After five years of delay, the provincial government will move forward with pay equity legislation during the fall sitting of the House of Assembly, said Premier Andrew Furey on Tuesday.
The St. John's Status of Women Council is renewing its call on the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to implement pay equity legislation and has released a new report to help its case.
Opposition MHAs and at least one women's advocate say they’re frustrated and disappointed after an access to information request revealed the Newfoundland and Labrador government’s pay equity committee didn’t meet for nearly three years.
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