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Budget Bill and the Federal Contractors Program

So many big changes are happening in Bill C-38 that some significant issues like the changes to the Federal Contractors Program (FCP) have escaped attention.  Part 4 Division 42 of C-38 is very short.  It merely says that subsection 42(2) of the Employment Equity Act is replaced by the following: “The Minister is responsible for [...]

Posted by Marjorie Griffin Cohen under budgets, gender critique, inequality.
May 31st, 2012
Comments: 4

BQ Demise- Not Good

We have a lost a lot with the demise of the Bloc Quebecois as a significant presence in Parliament. Social policy in Quebec has been more progressive than elsewhere in Canada for a long time. This is particularly important for policy related to women’s rights, including labour and social policy that allow women’s full participation [...]

Posted by Marjorie Griffin Cohen under election 2011, NDP, Quebec.
May 3rd, 2011
Comments: 2

Harper’s Reckless Economics

Throughout the election campaign Stephen Harper claimed the political high ground on the management of the economy. The surprise is that the opposition has pretty much let him get away with this. During the English Language debate the first question focused on $6 billion tax cuts to corporations. Harper said there were no tax cuts [...]

Posted by Marjorie Griffin Cohen under Conservative government, election 2011, media.
May 1st, 2011
Comments: 9

CBC on Discrimination – appearance

I just had a telling experience with the CBC in Vancouver. Their show “On the Coast” was doing a piece on the discriminatory experience of a young women who applied for a job at Joey Restaurants. She went through their training period (which consisted largely of tips about how to dress and apply makeup), but [...]

Posted by Marjorie Griffin Cohen under BC, employment standards, gender critique, women.
June 2nd, 2010
Comments: 5

Economic Thought from a Feminist – Greed, Lust & Gender

I am highly recommending Nancy Folbre’s new book, Greed, Lust & Gender: A History of Economic Ideas. It has a slightly racy title (at least for an economics book) and my initial reaction was that the ‘lust’ focus was a bit forced and seemed to be pandering to the need to sell. Greed and gender [...]

Posted by Marjorie Griffin Cohen under economic thought, gender critique.
June 1st, 2010
Comments: 2