Older Women and Discriminatory Employment Policies and Practices 2012:05 OLDER WOMEN AND DISCRIMINATORY EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES Whereas 1: older women have “the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to ... Employment/Insurance
Protecting Public Employees who Report Wrongdoing 93.9 Protecting Public Employees who Report Wrongdoing [Whereas,] Rationale: Canada has not enacted laws to protect whistle blowers. As a result, employees and public servants with the Canadian govern... Employment/Insurance
Seasonal Agricultural Workers 7. SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS Submitted by the Niagara District Council of Women Whereas #1 Seasonal Agricultural Workers (SAWs) do some of the most dangerous and difficult jobs in Canada, with som... Employment/Insurance
Temporary Foreign Workers’ Access to Permanent Status (Caregiver Program) 8. TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS’ ACCESS TO PERMANENT STATUS (CAREGIVER PROGRAM) Whereas #1 The entry of foreign caregiver workers, the majority of whom are women, is prompted by the unmet labour market d... Employment/Insurance
Women and Precarious Employment/Non-Standard Work 2018.01 WOMEN AND PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT/ NON-STANDARD WORK Whereas #1: An increasing number of workers are in precarious employment, poorly paid, insecure, unprotected and unable to support a househol... Employment/Insurance
Youth Employment 2012:04 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Whereas 1 youth unemployment in Canada, following the 2008 economic crisis, is considerably higher than adult unemployment; and Whereas 2 long term unemployment in young peopl... Employment/Insurance
Electoral Reform/Proportional Representation 2002:02 ELECTORAL REFORM / PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION Whereas: A functioning democracy requires accurate representation of opinion, which means that the number of seats that a political party obtains... Elections
Party Switching in Parliament 2022-05 PARTY SWITCHING IN PARLIAMENT Whereas #1 parties are the primary mechanism linking voters and politicians in modern mass democracies; and Whereas #2 20 MPs in Canada have switched parties in t... Elections
Abuse of the Elderly 82.10P Abuse of the Elderly Whereas: It has been proven statistically that the elderly population of Canada has a substantially lower per capita income than those under the age of 65, forcing many eld... Elder Abuse
Access to Resources to Reduce Elder Abuse 92.9 Access to Resources to Reduce Elder Abuse Whereas: As many as one in ten elderly persons suffer abuse; and, Most abuse occurs in the home and the spouse, or someone else with whom the elderly per... Elder Abuse
Consumer Charter for Seniors 2. Consumer Charter for Seniors Whereas: #1: Our Federal public institutions and companies under Federal jurisdictions offer a lasting value for elderly consumers when they offer accessible customer s... Elder Abuse
Basic National Curriculum 95.7PU Basic National Curriculum Whereas, Education in Canada comes under Provincial jurisdiction; and, Whereas, The Council of Ministers of Education of Canada is the forum where Canadian education i... Education