The Canadian Labour Congress is speaking out about gender parity in the new Trudeau Cabinet- and for the first time since the late 1980s, those comments come from the woman president of Canada’s largest labour body.
CLC President Bea Bruske says, “With women so disproportionately impacted by the economic crisis that accompanied the pandemic, it is not enough that Mr. Trudeau appoints a cabinet based on gender parity.”
Bruske maintains the new cabinet must take concrete action to address the significant setbacks to women’s labour force participation over the last 18 months. This includes immediately implementing child care agreements in every province and territory.
The CLC head says that Canada’s unions look forward to working with Prime Minister Trudeau and the new federal cabinet on the pressing issues facing workers and their families.
Labour’s agenda for cooperation includes elevating basic employment standards, fixing the EI system and ensuring all workers have a path to unionization.
