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Feb. 12th, 2009 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
merrilyHey Canadian flisters,
Please take a minute to read this article in the Toronto Star. The Conservative government has added to the budget a piece of legislation that removes the legal right of any woman in the federal civil service to fight pay discrimination via the normal, effective channels. From the article:
It removes any chance women in the federal civil service have of fighting for pay equity by denying them the right to complain to the Human Rights Commission, or to go to court, when they believe there is discrimination. Instead, pay equity issues are to be solved as part of the regular bargaining process but - get this! - if anyone agitates on the basis of pay equity, they face a $50,000 fine. So the Conservative regime is forbidding a woman from fighting for herself and, simultaneously, penalizing her union from fighting for her.
Obviously, this is Not Okay.
After reading, it would be great if you'd take a minute to voice your opinion to TPTB. Here's how you do that:
You can email Prime Minister Stephen Harper at pm@pm.gc.ca. You can also fax his office at 613-941-6900, or write to him (no stamp required!) at the following address:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
If you want to send snail mail to the House of Commons for any of the following people, use their name and this address (no stamp required):
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff's email address is Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca. His constituency office fax # is (416) 251-2845 his House of Commons fax # is (613) 992-5880;
You can reach him via snail mail at either his constituency office:
656 The Queensway
Etobicoke, Ontario
M8Y 1K7
NDP leader Jack Layton (who, based on my previous experience contacting politicians, is the most likely to respond) can be reached at LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca. His constituency office fax # is (416) 405-8918; his House of Commons fax # is (613) 995-4565.
His constituency office address:
221 Broadview Avenue , Suite 100 (Main Office)
Toronto, Ontario
M4M 2G3
The Bloc Quebecois leader is Gilles Duceppe. His email address is Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca. His constituency office fax # is (514) 522-9899; his House of Commons office fax # is (613) 954-2121. His constituency office snail mail address is:
1200 Papineau Avenue, Suite 350
Montreal, Québec
H2K 4R5
Apart from these people, it's also a good idea to contact your own MP. If you don't know who that is, you can find out here.
(ETA: I had posted my letter to TPTB in this post, too, but I'm a little wary about making this journal google-able. I'll repost it in a locked post.)
This government is also responsible for shutting 12 of the 16 Status of Women offices in Canada, as well as removing the word "equality" from their mandate.
Time for us to make a fuss, people. This shit can't continue.
Please take a minute to read this article in the Toronto Star. The Conservative government has added to the budget a piece of legislation that removes the legal right of any woman in the federal civil service to fight pay discrimination via the normal, effective channels. From the article:
It removes any chance women in the federal civil service have of fighting for pay equity by denying them the right to complain to the Human Rights Commission, or to go to court, when they believe there is discrimination. Instead, pay equity issues are to be solved as part of the regular bargaining process but - get this! - if anyone agitates on the basis of pay equity, they face a $50,000 fine. So the Conservative regime is forbidding a woman from fighting for herself and, simultaneously, penalizing her union from fighting for her.
Obviously, this is Not Okay.
After reading, it would be great if you'd take a minute to voice your opinion to TPTB. Here's how you do that:
You can email Prime Minister Stephen Harper at pm@pm.gc.ca. You can also fax his office at 613-941-6900, or write to him (no stamp required!) at the following address:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
If you want to send snail mail to the House of Commons for any of the following people, use their name and this address (no stamp required):
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff's email address is Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca. His constituency office fax # is (416) 251-2845 his House of Commons fax # is (613) 992-5880;
You can reach him via snail mail at either his constituency office:
656 The Queensway
Etobicoke, Ontario
M8Y 1K7
NDP leader Jack Layton (who, based on my previous experience contacting politicians, is the most likely to respond) can be reached at LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca. His constituency office fax # is (416) 405-8918; his House of Commons fax # is (613) 995-4565.
His constituency office address:
221 Broadview Avenue , Suite 100 (Main Office)
Toronto, Ontario
M4M 2G3
The Bloc Quebecois leader is Gilles Duceppe. His email address is Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca. His constituency office fax # is (514) 522-9899; his House of Commons office fax # is (613) 954-2121. His constituency office snail mail address is:
1200 Papineau Avenue, Suite 350
Montreal, Québec
H2K 4R5
Apart from these people, it's also a good idea to contact your own MP. If you don't know who that is, you can find out here.
(ETA: I had posted my letter to TPTB in this post, too, but I'm a little wary about making this journal google-able. I'll repost it in a locked post.)
This government is also responsible for shutting 12 of the 16 Status of Women offices in Canada, as well as removing the word "equality" from their mandate.
Time for us to make a fuss, people. This shit can't continue.