This cut, along with $95 Million dollars in other cuts, have destroyed vital programs for women, children and families across this country.
Prime Minister Harper has justified these cuts by suggesting that equality has already been achieved for women in Canada. In the wake of this suggestion, the word "equality" has been removed from the mandate of the Status of Women.
Women in Canada face inequality everyday, the most obvious example of which is the fact that in 2005, Statistics Canada reported that women still earn just 71 cents for every dollar earned by men. This is not the only disparity in equality between men and women in Canada, though income has a profound impact on the health, social status, employment and education available to individuals.
Women deserve EQUALITY, which includes an equal share in the wealth we have created through both our paid and unpaid work.
