FEWO Committee Report
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House of Commons
Ottawa, Canada
K1A 0A6
39th Parliament, 1st Session
The Standing Committee on the Status of Women has the honour to present its
FOURTEENTH REPORT
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee has studied the elimination of discrimination against women in the Employment Insurance Program, and has agreed to report the following:
Whereas women account for the majority in jobs that: are seasonal; are part-time; are paid minimum wage; offer little security;
Whereas women are usually the ones who have to take leave or quit their job to care for a sick child or parent;
Whereas the changes that successive federal governments have made to the Employment Insurance Program since the mid-1990s have reduced coverage for women from 74% to 33%;
That the Standing Committee on the Status of Women recommend that the government make the necessary changes to the Employment Insurance Program to eliminate its discrimination against women.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (Meetings Nos. 42 and 43) is tabled.
Respectfully submitted,
YASMIN RATANSI, M.P.
Chair